26 I will restore your judges(A) to what they once were,[a]
and your advisers to their former state.[b]
Afterward you will be called the Righteous City,(B)
a Faithful City.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:26 Lit judges as at the first
  2. Isaiah 1:26 Lit advisers as at the beginning

26 I will restore your leaders as in days of old,(A)
    your rulers as at the beginning.
Afterward you will be called(B)
    the City of Righteousness,(C)
    the Faithful City.(D)

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Then your light will appear like the dawn,
and your recovery will come quickly.(A)
Your righteousness will go before you,(B)
and the Lord’s glory will be your rear guard.(C)

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Then your light will break forth like the dawn,(A)
    and your healing(B) will quickly appear;
then your righteousness[a](C) will go before you,
    and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 58:8 Or your righteous One

11 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)

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11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden(A) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness(B)
    and praise spring up before all nations.

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