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Everyone will praise him! His righteousness will be like a garden in early spring, with plants springing up everywhere. <a href="/esv/isaiah/61.htm">English Standard Version</a> For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/61.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/61.htm">King James Bible</a> For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/61.htm">New King James Version</a> For as the earth brings forth its bud, As the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, So the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/61.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For as the earth produces its sprouts, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, So the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise To spring up before all the nations. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/61.htm">NASB 1995</a> For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, So the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise To spring up before all the nations. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/61.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, So the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise To spring up before all the nations. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/61.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For as the earth brings forth its branches, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to branch out, So Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise To branch out before all the nations. <a href="/amp/isaiah/61.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, And as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, So the Lord GOD will [most certainly] cause righteousness and justice and praise To spring up before all the nations [through the power of His word]. <a href="/csb/isaiah/61.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For as the earth produces its growth, and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/61.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For as the earth produces its growth, and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. <a href="/asv/isaiah/61.htm">American Standard Version</a> For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. <a href="/cev/isaiah/61.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD will bring about justice and praise in every nation on earth, like flowers blooming in a garden. <a href="/erv/isaiah/61.htm">English Revised Version</a> For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/61.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Like the ground that brings forth its crops and like a garden that makes the seed in it grow, so the Almighty LORD will make righteousness and praise spring up in front of all nations. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/61.htm">Good News Translation</a> As surely as seeds sprout and grow, The Sovereign LORD will save his people, And all the nations will praise him. <a href="/isv/isaiah/61.htm">International Standard Version</a> For just as the soil brings forth its shoots, and as a garden makes what is sown within it spring up, so the LORD God will make righteousness and praise spring up before all the nations for Zion's sake." <a href="/msb/isaiah/61.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. <a href="/net/isaiah/61.htm">NET Bible</a> For just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce, so the sovereign LORD will cause deliverance to grow, and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/61.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the LORD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/61.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. <a href="/web/isaiah/61.htm">World English Bible</a> For as the earth produces its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring up, so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/61.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For as the earth brings forth her shoots, "" And as a garden causes its sown things to shoot up, "" So Lord YHWH causes righteousness and praise "" To shoot up before all the nations! <a href="/ylt/isaiah/61.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For, as the earth bringeth forth her shoots, And as a garden causeth its sown things to shoot up, So the Lord Jehovah causeth righteousness and praise To shoot up before all the nations! <a href="/slt/isaiah/61.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For as the earth will bring forth her sprout, and as a garden will cause the things sown to sprout, so the Lord Jehovah will cause justice and praise to sprout before all nations.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/61.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth her seed to shoot forth: so shall the Lord God make justice to spring forth, and praise before all the nations. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/61.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For as the earth brings forth its seedlings and the garden produces its seeds, so will the Lord God bring forth justice and praise in the sight of all the nations. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/61.htm">New American Bible</a> As the earth brings forth its shoots, and a garden makes its seeds spring up, So will the Lord GOD make justice spring up, and praise before all the nations. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/61.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/61.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the seed which is sown in it to spring forth, so the LORD God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/61.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And like the Earth that brings forth a flower, and like a garden that sprouts seed, in this way LORD JEHOVAH God shall bring forth righteousness and glory before all the nations <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/61.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For as the earth bringeth forth her growth, And as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; So the Lord GOD will cause victory and glory To spring forth before all the nations. <a href="/sep/isaiah/61.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And as the earth putting forth her flowers, and as a garden its seed; so shall the Lord, even the Lord, cause righteousness to spring forth, and exultation before all nations. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/61-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=13652" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/61.htm">The Year of the LORD's Favor</a> …10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. 11<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ḵā·’ā·reṣ (Prep-k, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">as the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: tō·w·ṣî (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">brings forth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6780.htm" title="6780: ṣim·ḥāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- A sprout, growth. From tsamach; a sprout, literal or figurative.">its growth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1593.htm" title="1593: ū·ḵə·ḡan·nāh (Conj-w, Prep-k:: N-fs) -- A garden. Feminine of gan; a garden.">and as a garden</a> <a href="/hebrew/2221.htm" title="2221: zê·rū·‘e·hā (N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A sowing, thing sown. From zara'; something sown, i.e. A plant.">enables seed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6779.htm" title="6779: ṯaṣ·mî·aḥ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3fs) -- To sprout, spring up. A primitive root; to sprout.">to spring up,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">so</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">the Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6666.htm" title="6666: ṣə·ḏā·qāh (N-fs) -- Righteousness. From tsadaq; rightness, subjectively, objectively, morally or figuratively.">will cause righteousness</a> <a href="/hebrew/8416.htm" title="8416: ū·ṯə·hil·lāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Praise, song of praise. From halal; laudation; specifically a hymn.">and praise</a> <a href="/hebrew/6779.htm" title="6779: yaṣ·mî·aḥ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To sprout, spring up. A primitive root; to sprout.">to spring up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: ne·ḡeḏ (Prep) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">the nations.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10</a> Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. <a href="/hosea/2-21.htm">Hosea 2:21-23</a> “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth. / And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. / And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’” <a href="/psalms/72-16.htm">Psalm 72:16</a> May there be an abundance of grain in the land; may it sway atop the hills. May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon, the people of its cities like the grass of the field. <a href="/matthew/13-23.htm">Matthew 13:23</a> But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.” <a href="/james/3-18.htm">James 3:18</a> Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness. <a href="/galatians/6-8.htm">Galatians 6:8-9</a> The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. / Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. <a href="/psalms/85-11.htm">Psalm 85:11</a> Faithfulness sprouts from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. <a href="/ezekiel/34-27.htm">Ezekiel 34:27</a> The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them. <a href="/2_corinthians/9-6.htm">2 Corinthians 9:6</a> Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. <a href="/matthew/13-31.htm">Matthew 13:31-32</a> He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field. / Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” <a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Isaiah 45:8</a> Drip down, O heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness. Let the earth open up that salvation may sprout and righteousness spring up with it; I, the LORD, have created it. <a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12</a> They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. <a href="/john/4-35.htm">John 4:35-36</a> Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest. / Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. <a href="/amos/9-13.htm">Amos 9:13</a> “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. <a href="/romans/6-22.htm">Romans 6:22</a> But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the fruit you reap leads to holiness, and the outcome is eternal life.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For as the earth brings forth her bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.as the earth<a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10,11</a> For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: … <a href="/isaiah/58-11.htm">Isaiah 58:11</a> And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.<a href="/songs/4-16.htm">Song of Solomon 4:16</a> Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.so<a href="/isaiah/45-8.htm">Isaiah 45:8</a> Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it.<a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Isaiah 62:1</a> For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.<a href="/psalms/72-3.htm">Psalm 72:3,16</a> The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness… praises<a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Isaiah 60:18</a> Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.<a href="/isaiah/62-7.htm">Isaiah 62:7</a> And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.<a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a> But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Bud</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-16.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm">Causes</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-14.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-6.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-11.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-16.htm">Grow</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-15.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-9.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/job/38-27.htm">Seeds</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-27.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-9.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-8.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-24.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-11.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Sprout</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Victory</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-7.htm">Bud</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-12.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Causes</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-14.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-7.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Grow</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-7.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-2.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-7.htm">Praise</a> <a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Righteousness</a> <a href="/joel/1-17.htm">Seeds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-21.htm">Shoots</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-8.htm">Soil</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm">Sovereign</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Sown</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Spring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-15.htm">Sprout</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Victory</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 61</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">The office of Christ</a> 4. <a href="/isaiah/61-4.htm">The forwardness</a> 7. <a href="/isaiah/61-7.htm">And blessing of the faithful</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/61.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/61.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>For as the earth brings forth its growth This phrase draws on the natural process of growth and renewal, a common biblical metaphor for God's work in the world. The imagery of the earth producing growth is reminiscent of <a href="/genesis/1-11.htm">Genesis 1:11</a>, where God commands the earth to bring forth vegetation. It emphasizes God's sovereignty over creation and His ability to bring about life and transformation. This metaphor also reflects the agricultural society of ancient Israel, where the cycles of planting and harvest were central to daily life and survival.and as a garden enables seed to spring up The garden imagery evokes the Garden of Eden, a place of perfect provision and harmony with God. It suggests a return to divine order and abundance. In the context of Isaiah, it symbolizes the restoration and renewal that God promises to His people. The garden is a controlled environment where growth is nurtured, indicating that God's intervention is both intentional and nurturing. This can be connected to the parable of the sower in <a href="/matthew/13.htm">Matthew 13</a>, where the seed represents the word of God and its potential to produce spiritual fruit.so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up Here, the focus shifts from natural growth to spiritual renewal. Righteousness and praise are the fruits of God's redemptive work. Righteousness refers to living in accordance with God's will, a theme prevalent throughout Isaiah. Praise is the natural response to God's salvation and blessings. This phrase underscores the transformative power of God's intervention, leading to a community that reflects His character. It aligns with the New Testament teaching in <a href="/galatians/5-22.htm">Galatians 5:22-23</a> about the fruit of the Spirit.before all the nations This phrase highlights the universal scope of God's plan. The restoration and righteousness of God's people are meant to be a testimony to all nations, fulfilling the Abrahamic covenant in <a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a> that through Abraham's descendants, all nations would be blessed. It anticipates the Great Commission in <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a>, where Jesus commands His followers to make disciples of all nations. This global vision is a recurring theme in Isaiah, pointing to the ultimate inclusion of Gentiles in God's redemptive plan, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The Lord GOD</a> The sovereign and covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is the source of righteousness and praise. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_earth.htm">The Earth</a> Symbolic of creation, which naturally brings forth life and growth, representing God's creative power. 3. <a href="/topical/g/garden.htm">Garden</a> A cultivated space that nurtures growth, symbolizing the nurturing environment God provides for righteousness. 4. <a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a> Refers to all peoples of the world, indicating the universal scope of God's plan for righteousness and praise. 5. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet through whom God delivers this message, serving as a mouthpiece for divine revelation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_growth.htm">God's Sovereignty in Growth</a> Just as the earth naturally brings forth sprouts, God sovereignly causes righteousness to flourish. Trust in His timing and methods. <a href="/topical/c/cultivating_righteousness.htm">Cultivating Righteousness</a> Like a garden requires care, our spiritual lives need nurturing through prayer, scripture, and community to produce righteousness. <a href="/topical/u/universal_scope_of_god's_plan.htm">Universal Scope of God's Plan</a> God's promise extends to all nations, reminding us of our role in sharing the gospel and living as witnesses to His righteousness. <a href="/topical/p/praise_as_a_natural_response.htm">Praise as a Natural Response</a> As righteousness springs up, so does praise. Cultivate a heart of gratitude and worship in response to God's work in your life. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_promises.htm">Hope in God's Promises</a> This verse assures us of God's faithfulness to bring about His purposes. Hold onto hope even when growth seems slow or unseen.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_61.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 61</a> <a href="/q/what_occurs_when_abraham_meets_death.htm">What are Earth's four corners?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_conservative_judaism.htm">What does 'Root of Jesse' mean?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_the_bible_say_earth_has_corners.htm">Why does the Bible state that the Earth has 'four corners' if it's a sphere?</a> <a href="/q/does_the_bible_say_earth_is_flat.htm">Does the Bible claim the earth is flat?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/61.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) As the earth bringeth forth her bud . . .--The passage is memorable as at least suggesting the leading thought of the parable of the sower, and the appropriation of that title to Himself by the Son of Man (<a href="/context/matthew/13-3.htm" title="And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;">Matthew 13:3-23</a>; <a href="/matthew/13-37.htm" title="He answered and said to them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man;">Matthew 13:37</a>; <a href="/context/mark/4-26.htm" title="And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;">Mark 4:26-29</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/61.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - As the garden; rather, as a garden. The Hebrew is without the article. Righteousness and praise. The essential result of righteousness is "salvation" (see ver. 20); its accidental result is "praise" or "renown." Men cannot but recognize the benefits which flow to themselves from goodness in others; and a perfectly righteous nation would attract to itself universal praise (comp. <a href="/zephaniah/3-20.htm">Zephaniah 3:20</a>, "I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord "). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/61-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction as the earth כָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (ḵā·’ā·reṣ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land brings forth תּוֹצִ֣יא (tō·w·ṣî) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim its growth, צִמְחָ֔הּ (ṣim·ḥāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6780.htm">Strong's 6780: </a> A sprout, growth and as a garden וּכְגַנָּ֖ה (ū·ḵə·ḡan·nāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1593.htm">Strong's 1593: </a> A garden enables seed זֵרוּעֶ֣יהָ (zê·rū·‘e·hā) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2221.htm">Strong's 2221: </a> Something sown, a plant to spring up, תַצְמִ֑יחַ (ṯaṣ·mî·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6779.htm">Strong's 6779: </a> To sprout, spring up so כֵּ֣ן ׀ (kên) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> So -- thus the Lord אֲדֹנָ֣י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD יְהוִ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel will cause righteousness צְדָקָה֙ (ṣə·ḏā·qāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6666.htm">Strong's 6666: </a> Rightness, subjectively, objectively and praise וּתְהִלָּ֔ה (ū·ṯə·hil·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8416.htm">Strong's 8416: </a> Praise, song of praise to spring up יַצְמִ֤יחַ (yaṣ·mî·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6779.htm">Strong's 6779: </a> To sprout, spring up before נֶ֖גֶד (ne·ḡeḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the nations. הַגּוֹיִֽם׃ (hag·gō·w·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/61-11.htm">Isaiah 61:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-11.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 61:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 61:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 62:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 62:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>