“Their Righteousness Is of Me”

Brant Gardner

This is the great promise of the Triumphant Messiah. He has created the means wherewith the final victory is assured. In the Bountiful context, this is again a self-declaration, that the next coming of this Messiah will be the one described for the final days.

Ludlow summarizes this chapter of Isaiah:

“In short, Isaiah 54 is a promise to Zion and her righteous members. It embodies various poetic forms to depict the relationship between the Lord and covenant Israel. The metaphor of the husband and wife is used throughout the chapter:

Husband provides wife:

Jehovah provides Israel:

The third element (a commitment and covenant relationship) becomes the pivot point for all the other promises and blessings. Because of the Lord’s covenant relationship with Israel, he has an eternal commitment to bless those who want to become a part of covenant Israel. The Lord’s goal in his commitment is “to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” (Moses 1:38.)” (Victor L. Ludlow, Isaiah: Prophet, Seer, and Poet [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1982], 462.)

Textual: There is no chapter break at this point in the 1830 edition, even though this forms the logical conclusion of the formal discourse. After this conclusion, the next phase of the Savior’s visit with the people changes topics, even though no chapter break is given.

Multidimensional Commentary on the Book of Mormon

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