Isaiah 60:21

“Thy people also shall be all righteous, &c.] That is, the church’s people, or the members of the church; otherwise the Lord’s people, who are truly so, always were, and ever will be, all righteous; but so have not always been the members of the churches; when Israel was the church of God, they were not all righteous; there was only a remnant among them, according to the election of grace, that were so; nor in the first Christian churches were they all such, there was a Judas among Christ’s disciples; Ananias and Sapphira in the church at Jerusalem; and many in the church of Corinth, very disorderly and irregular; and so in all others; and in all ages since there are foolish virgins among the…”

“all righteous-- (Isa 4:3; Isa 52:1; Rev 21:27). inherit . . . land-- (Isa 49:8; Isa 54:3; Isa 65:9; Psa 37:11, Psa 37:22; Mat 5:5). branch of my planting-- (Isa 61:3; Psa 92:13; Mat 15:13). work of my hands--the converted Israelites (Isa 29:23; Isa 45:11). that I may be glorified--the final end of all God's gracious dealings (Isa 49:3; Isa 61:3).”

“Thy people also shall be all righteous - (See the notes at Isaiah 4:2). They shall inherit the land for ever - (See the notes at Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 54:3; compare Isaiah 65:9; Matthew 5:5). The branch of my planting - On the meaning of the word branch, see the notes at Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 14:19. Here it means a scion or shoot which Yahweh had planted, and which had sprung up under his culture. Grotius supposes it means posterity. The idea seems to be, that they would inherit the land and all which would grow up under the culture of the hand of Yahweh. The work of my hands - The language here is taken from the cultivation of the land of Canaan; but the sense is, that the church would inherit…”

“The branch - Thy people being of my planting, the work of my hands. Isaiah 60:22”

“60:21 The citizens of Zion will be righteous, enjoying a right relationship with God and with others (Rev 21:27). • their land: Or the entire earth (Isa 54:5; 62:7; 65:17; 66:22).”

“people: Isa 4:3, Isa 4:4, Isa 51:2, Isa 62:4; Zac 14:20, Zac 14:21; Pe2 3:13; Rev 21:27 inherit: Psa 37:11, Psa 37:22; Mat 5:5; Rev 5:10, Rev 21:7 the branch: Isa 29:23, Isa 43:7, Isa 45:11, Isa 61:3; Psa 92:13; Mat 15:13; Joh 15:2; Eph 2:10 that I: Isa 43:21, Isa 44:23, Isa 49:3; Eph 1:6, Eph 1:12, Eph 2:7; Th2 1:10 Isaiah 60:22”

“The next v. shows how deep was his consciousness of the close connection between darkness, wrath, and sin. "And thy people, they are all righteous; they possess the land for ever, a sprout of my plantations, a work of my hands for glorification." The church of the new Jerusalem consists of none but righteous ones, who have been cleansed from guilt, and keep themselves henceforth pure from sinning, and therefore possess the land of promise for ever, without having to fear repeated destruction and banishment: a "sprout" (nētser as in Isa 11:1; Isa 14:19; Arab. nadr, the green branch) "of my plantations" (מטּעי chethib, erroneously מטּעו or מטּעו), i.e., of my creative acts of grace (cf., Isa…”