13. near--antithetical to "far"
(Isa 46:12;
Isa 51:5; 56:1; 61:10, 11;
Ro 10:6-8).
righteousness--answering to "salvation" in the parallel clause;
therefore it means here, "my righteous deliverance"; righteous, because
proving the truth of God's promises, and so contrived as to not
compromise, but vindicate, His righteousness
(Isa 42:21;
Ro 3:26).
Zion . . . my glory--rather, "I will give salvation in Zion; to Israel
(I will give) my glory"
[HORSLEY].
(Isa 63:11;
Ps 14:7;
Lu 2:32).
JFB.
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