But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
But judgment shall return unto righteousness - i:e., unto that which is righteous. At length just judgment, which seems now to have forsaken the earth (Isaiah 59:14-15), shall return (cf. Isaiah 42:4).
And all the upright in heart shall follow it. The righteous shall accompany justice in its return to earth with joy of heart, and, as in a triumphant procession, welcome its ascendancy (DeBurgh). As they in heart follow it now, longing for its re-establishment on earth, so on its return they shall accompany it with exultation of heart (cf. Isaiah 14:12; Isaiah 60:21). Messiah, the embodiment of "righteousness," shall bring it with Him at His coming, (Isaiah 11:1-16.) The Chaldaic explains, 'And after him all the upright in heart shall be redeemed' (cf. Romans 8:23).