AND THEY SHALL BUILD THE RUINS OF OLD
This chapter continues the last part of the preceding chapter 60.
1 THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD GOD WAS UPON ME, SINCE THE LORD ANOINTED ME TO BRING TIDINGS TO THE HUMBLE, HE SENT ME TO BIND UP THE BROKEN-HEARTED, TO DECLARE FREEDOM FOR THE CAPTIVES, AND FOR THE PRISONERS TO FREE FROM CAPTIVITY.
This could be applied to those who are in Exile especially to Judah. It could also apply to Israelites in general following a calamity that MAY occur prior to the End Times.
2 TO DECLARE A YEAR OF ACCEPTANCE FOR THE LORD AND A DAY OF VENGEANCE FOR OUR GOD, TO CONSOLE ALL MOURNERS.
3 TO PLACE FOR THE MOURNERS OF ZION, TO GIVE THEM GLORY INSTEAD OF ASHES, OIL OF JOY INSTEAD OF MOURNING, A MANTLE OF PRAISE INSTEAD OF A FEEBLE SPIRIT, AND THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE ELMS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE PLANTING OF THE LORD, WITH WHICH TO GLORY.
4 AND THEY SHALL BUILD THE RUINS OF OLD, THE DESOLATIONS OF THE FIRST ONES THEY SHALL ERECT; AND THEY SHALL RENEW RUINED CITIES, DESOLATIONS OF ALL GENERATIONS.
The Zionists in Israel have been rebuilding the Land to a degree. There is much more to do and what is being done could be improved upon. The over-grazing of the land by the Arabs with their goats causes soil erosion and prevents the growth of trees. This could be changed. More trees could be planted. A canal linking the Mediterranean with the Dead Sea could be dug and vast desalination plants set up. In Sinai there may exist a great freshwater underground lake. The Litani River in Lebanon and Lebanon on general as well as Syria and other areas all should belong to Israel and all could be converted into very fertile healthy areas.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ZIM2w4jnI&t=984s
5 AND STRANGERS SHALL STAND AND PASTURE YOUR SHEEP, AND FOREIGNERS SHALL BE YOUR PLOWMEN AND YOUR VINEDRESSERS.
6 AND YOU SHALL BE CALLED THE PRIESTS OF THE LORD; 'SERVANTS OF OUR GOD' SHALL BE SAID OF YOU; THE POSSESSIONS OF THE NATIONS YOU SHALL EAT, AND WITH THEIR GLORY YOU SHALL SUCCEED [THEM].
The Lost Ten Tribes when they return in many respects will be the same as Judah so these prophecies probably apply to all Israel in the End Times.
7 INSTEAD OF YOUR SHAME, WHICH WAS TWOFOLD, AND YOUR DISGRACE, WHICH THEY WOULD BEMOAN AS THEIR LOT; THEREFORE, IN THEIR LAND THEY SHALL INHERIT TWOFOLD; THEY SHALL HAVE EVERLASTING JOY.
8 FOR I AM THE LORD, WHO LOVES JUSTICE, HATES ROBBERY IN A BURNT OFFERING; AND I GAVE THEIR WAGE IN TRUTH, AND AN EVERLASTING COVENANT I WILL MAKE FOR THEM.
9 AND THEIR SEED SHALL BE KNOWN AMONG THE NATIONS, AND THEIR OFFSPRING AMONG THE PEOPLES; ALL WHO SEE THEM SHALL RECOGNIZE THEM THAT THEY ARE SEED THAT THE LORD BLESSED.
There were times in history when the above prophecy was partially fulfilled both concerning Judah and “Joseph” and the other tribes.
10 I WILL REJOICE WITH THE LORD; MY SOUL SHALL EXULT WITH MY GOD, FOR HE HAS ATTIRED ME WITH GARMENTS OF SALVATION, WITH A ROBE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS HE HAS ENWRAPPED ME; LIKE A BRIDEGROOM, WHO, PRIESTLIKE, DONS GARMENTS OF GLORY, AND LIKE A BRIDE, WHO ADORNS HERSELF WITH HER JEWELRY.
11 FOR, LIKE THE EARTH, WHICH GIVES FORTH ITS PLANTS, AND LIKE A GARDEN THAT CAUSES ITS SEEDS TO GROW, SO SHALL THE LORD GOD CAUSE RIGHTEOUSNESS AND PRAISE TO GROW OPPOSITE ALL THE NATIONS.