English Standard Version
Isaiah 60:17
17Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness.
Isaiah 60:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
- New International Version (NIV)Instead of bronze I will bring you gold, and silver in place of iron. Instead of wood I will bring you bronze, and iron in place of stones. I will make peace your governor and well-being your ruler.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Instead of bronze I will bring gold, Instead of iron I will bring silver, Instead of wood, bronze, And instead of stones, iron. I will also make your officers peace, And your magistrates righteousness.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will exchange your bronze for gold, your iron for silver, your wood for bronze, and your stones for iron. I will make peace your leader and righteousness your ruler.
Context of Isaiah 60:17
15Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age. 16You shall suck the milk of nations; you shall nurse at the breast of kings; and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, instead of stones, iron. I will make your overseers peace and your taskmasters righteousness. 18Violence shall no more be heard in your land, devastation or destruction within your borders; you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. 19The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
Read all of Isaiah 60Isaiah 60:17 word by word
תַּ֣חַת הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת אָבִ֣יא זָהָ֗ב וְתַ֤חַת הַבַּרְזֶל֙ אָ֣בִיא כֶ֔סֶף וְתַ֤חַת הָֽעֵצִים֙ נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְתַ֥חַת הָאֲבָנִ֖ים בַּרְזֶ֑ל וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י פְקֻדָּתֵךְ֙ שָׁל֔וֹם וְנֹגְשַׂ֖יִךְ צְדָקָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- For brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
- I will bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
- and for ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel · ironH1270
- silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- and for woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
- and for stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68
- I will also makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
- thy officersפְּקֻדָּהpeqûddâh · punishmentH6486
- peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peaceH7965
- and thine exactorsנָגַשׂnâgaώ · to oppressH5065
- righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
Cross-references for Isaiah 60:17
- Isaiah 30:26Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.
- 1 Kings 10:21All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; silver was not considered as anything in the days of Solomon.
- Zechariah 12:8On that day the Lord will protect the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them on that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the angel of the Lord, going before them.
- Hebrews 11:40since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
- 2 Peter 3:13But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
- Isaiah 1:26And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."
- Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.
Commentaries on Isaiah 60:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17For brass I will bring gold - This commences the description of the happy times when the Gentiles should be led to embrace the true religion, and when the wealth of the world would be consecrated to the service of the true God. The idea is, that all things would be changed for the better. The golden age should come; and a change from the calamities to which reference had been made by the prophet, would take place as great as if, in all purposes of life…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 We must look for the full accomplishment in times and things, exceeding those of the Old Testament church. The nations and their kings shall lay themselves out for the good of the church. Such a salvation, such a redemption, shall be wrought out for thee, as discovers itself to be the work of the Lord. Every thing shall be changed for the better. In thy land shall no more be heard threats of those that do violence, nor complaints of those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17gold … silver … bronze … iron: People use these metals for decoration and strength (compare Isaiah 54:11; Revelation 21:15–21). Peace and righteousness will create harmony and blessings among people and with God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Poetically, with figurative allusion to the furniture of the temple; all things in that happy age to come shall be changed for the better. exactors--namely, of tribute. righteousness--All rulers in restored Jerusalem shall not only be peaceable and righteous, but shall be, as it were, "peace" and "righteousness" itself in their administration.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 60
- 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
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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