Compare Isa 61.10; 62.3; Job 29.14. An even closer parallel to verses 1-2 is with The Psalms of Solomon 11.7. This passage is quoted just below in the comments on verses 5-9.

Put on the robe of the righteousness from God: Once again, the idea is that the righteousness Jerusalem is to put on comes from God, although here the point is perhaps finer than in the previous verse. Jerusalem is to show proper gratitude for the return of the exiles by embodying God’s own justice. Earlier the people of Judah lacked this righteousness, and that is one major reason why they went into exile. But now they are to clothe themselves in it. Following on from verse 1, translators may say “Put on the righteousness [or, justice] that comes from God.”

Put on your head the diadem of the glory of the Everlasting: This may be rendered “Wear the glory of the Eternal One [or, the Eternal God] like a crown.” In this last line the glory is not from God, but is of God. Glory refers to “dazzling light” as in the previous verse. For the Everlasting, see the comments on Bar 4.10.

An alternative model for this verse is:

• Wear the robe of God’s justice and the crown of his eternal glory.

Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on The Shorter Books of the Deuterocanon. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2006. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.