And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
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Gill's Exposition
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers,.... Who shall show favour and respect to the church and people of God, grant them liberty, and protect and defend them in…
Barnes' Notes
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers - Margin, ‘Nourishers.’ That is, they would patronize the church of God; they would protect it by their laws, and foster it by their influence and become the…
Two things are here promised, which were to be in part accomplished in the reviving of the Jewish church after its return out of captivity, but more fully in the planting of the Christian church by…
Cambridge Bible
thy nursing fathers thy guardians; i.e. of course, the guardians of her children (in spite of ch. Isa 60:16); see Num 11:12; 2Ki 10:1; Est 2:7 &c. The figure appears to express the permanent relation…
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