In the Hebrew the word “nation” can be referred to as a people, and ethnicity, a race.
When a people, an ethnicity, a race, subject themselves to the Lordship of Christ, then that nation can expect exaltation and light. For the righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. The righteous are planted in the house of Lord, they flourish in the courts of our God.
Proverbs 14:34a
Righteousness exalts a nation,
