“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.”
The promise that as the earth brings forth sprouts and gardens cause growth, so YHWH will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all nations uses agricultural imagery to establish that eschatological restoration is organic and inevitable, like plant growth. The parallel between earth's fertility and righteousness's emergence suggests that divine justice operates naturally in the restored world. The commitment to visibility—before all nations—reiterates that restoration is cosmic and witnessed. This verse articulates the naturalized eschatology: in the restored world, righteousness grows as inevitably as crops, and praise emerges as naturally as spring growth.
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