Isaiah 66:11

Isaiah 66:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
• New International Version (NIV)For you will nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you will drink deeply and delight in her overflowing abundance.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)that you may nurse and be satisfied from her consoling breast; that you may drink deeply with delight from her glorious abundance."
• New King James Version (NKJV)That you may feed and be satisfied With the consolation of her bosom, That you may drink deeply and be delighted With the abundance of her glory.”

Context of Isaiah 66:11

9Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God. 10Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her, so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance. 12For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees. 13As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”

Isaiah 66:11 word by word

לְמַ֤עַן תִּֽינְקוּ֙ וּשְׂבַעְתֶּ֔ם מִשֹּׁ֖ד תַּנְחֻמֶ֑יהָ לְמַ֧עַן תָּמֹ֛צּוּ וְהִתְעַנַּגְתֶּ֖ם מִזִּ֥יז כְּבוֹדָֽהּ׃ סRead the interlinear

• so thatמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
• you may nurseיָנַקyânaq · to suckleH3243
• and be satisfiedשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
• at her comfortingתַּנְחוּםtanchûm tanchûm tanchûmâh · consolationH8575
• breastsשֹׁדshad shôd · breastH7699
• you may drink deeplyמָצַץmâtsats · to drink deeplyH4711
• and delight yourselvesעָנֹג‛ânag · to delightH6026
• in her gloriousכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• abundanceזִיזzîyz · abundanceH2123

Cross-references for Isaiah 66:11

• Isaiah 60:5Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
• Psalms 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
• Joel 3:18And in that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the streams of Judah will run with water, and a spring will flow from the house of the LORD to water the Valley of Acacias.
• 1 Peter 2:2Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

Commentaries on Isaiah 66:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11With the abundance of her glory "From her abundant stores" - For מזיז mizziz, from the splendor, two MSS. and the old edition of 1488, have מזיו mizziv ; and the latter ז zain is upon a rasure in three other MSS. It is remarkable that Kimchi and Sal. ben Melec, not being able to make any thing of the word as it stands in the text, say it means the same with מזיו mizziv ; that is, in effect, they admit of a various reading, or an error in the text. But as…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11That ye may suck - The same figure occurs in Isaiah 60:16; and substantidally in Isaiah 49:23. See the note at those places. That ye may milk out - The image is an obvious one. It means that they who sympathized with Zion would be nourished by the same truth, and comforted with the same sources of consolation. And be delighted with the abundance of her glory - Margin, Brightness.‘ Lowth renders this, From her abundant stores.‘ Noyes, From the fullness of…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 The prophet turns to those that trembled at God's word, to comfort and encourage them. The Lord will appear, to the joy of the humble believer, and to the confusion of hypocrites and persecutors. When the Spirit was poured out, and the gospel went forth from Zion, multitudes were converted in a little time. The word of God, especially his promises, and ordinances, are the consolations of the church. The true happiness of all Christians is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-24Here, the Lord responds to the prayer in Isaiah 63:7–64:12.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. suck--(Is 60:5, 16; 61:6; 49:23). abundance--Hebrew, "the ray-like flow of her opulence," that is, with the milk spouting out from her full breasts (answering to the parallel, "breast of her consolations") in ray-like streams [Gesenius].Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 66:11

• Church
• Gentiles
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Joy

In the dictionaries

• Delighted
• Draw
• Extend
• Throne
• Abound; Abundance; Abundant; Abundantly
• Isaiah
• Tryphaena

Commentaries on Isaiah 66

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings