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.”

⁸ 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)

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)