Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
You have made the nation grow larger, O LORD, you have made the nation grow larger. You are honored through this! You had scattered them far away to all the corners of the earth.
The writer is praising God for both expanding His people and for the way He scattered them across the earth, recognizing that God is glorified through both their growth and their dispersion.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from Isaiah's 'song of praise' (Isaiah 26) that looks forward to God's future restoration of His people. Isaiah was writing during a time when the nation of Israel faced threats from powerful enemies like Assyria, and he prophetically speaks of both judgment (scattering) and blessing (growth) that God would bring. The reference to scattering 'to all the ends of the earth' likely points to the future Babylonian exile and eventual worldwide dispersion of the Jewish people.
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