“My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.”
The declaration 'My deliverance draws near speedily, my salvation has gone out and my arms will rule the peoples' establishes imminent salvation and divine dominion over history. The personification of salvation as an active force suggests that the divine saving work is already in motion, underway though not yet manifest. The promise that God's 'arms will rule the peoples' reiterates divine sovereignty over all nations. The emphasis on speed ('speedily') provides temporal assurance to the impatient exiles.
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