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Yahweh has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.
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Vindication, Not Merit
Commentators agree that "our righteousness" does not refer to Israel's moral perfection, as they were exiled for their sin. Instead, it refers to the justice of their cause in comparison to their cruel Babylonian oppressors. God's destruction of Babylon was a public act of vindication, proving He was still Israel's God.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yahweh has brought to the light those things which prove us to be righteous: that is, by punishing Babylon He has justified.
19th Century
Anglican
The Lord has brought forth our righteousness ... —The Hebrew noun is plural—the many righteous acts or forms of righteousness.
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet here addresses the faithful and especially shows that the ruin of Babylon would be a sure evidence of God’s paternal favor toward his C…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The Lord has brought forth our righteousness Or "righteousnesses" F9 this, as Kimchi observes, is spoken …
The particulars of this prophecy are dispersed and interwoven, and the same themes are left and then returned to. Babylon is abundant in treasures,…
