And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. (Isaiah 58:11)
For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. (Isaiah 61:11)
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. (Song 4:15)
Isaiah 61 predicts the coming Christ and describes a bridegroom and bride preparing for their wedding, a metaphor for Jesus and his church that he will return to rescue from her oppressors and claim for his own. Jesus fulfilled parts of this prophecy, parts of it were forfeited by the Jews, but he will fulfil the rest when he returns.
It is not apparent from this text where verse 11 comes in, but when I compare it to Isaiah 58 they seem a very similar idea. So it is a promise that as surely and unstoppably as shoots come out of planted seeds Jehovah God will cause people to become righteous (doers of right) and worshippers of his name. Jesus became a man and died to make this possible, why don't you ask the Father right now to do this in you?
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