Isa 51:4 | JFB | e4.org | 4. my people —the Jews. This reading is better than that of GESENIUS : "O peoples . . . nations," namely, the Gentiles. The Jews are called on to hear and rejoice in the extension of the true religion to the nations; for, at the first preaching of the Gospel, as in the final age to come, it was from Jerusalem that the gospel law was, and is, to go forth ( ). law . . . judgment —the gospel dispensation and institutions ( , "judgment"). make . . . to rest —establish firmly; found. light, &c.

‏ Isaiah 51:4

4. my people—the Jews. This reading is better than that of GESENIUS: "O peoples . . . nations," namely, the Gentiles. The Jews are called on to hear and rejoice in the extension of the true religion to the nations; for, at the first preaching of the Gospel, as in the final age to come, it was from Jerusalem that the gospel law was, and is, to go forth (Isa 2:3).

law . . . judgment—the gospel dispensation and institutions (Isa 42:1, "judgment").

make . . . to rest—establish firmly; found.

light, &c.— (Isa 42:6).