God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 60:12
12Nations and kingdoms that do not serve you will be destroyed. The nations will certainly be ruined.
Isaiah 60:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
- New International Version (NIV)For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, And those nations shall be utterly ruined.
Context of Isaiah 60:12
10“Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. In my anger I struck you, but in my favor I have compassion on you. 11Your gates will always be open. They will never be closed day or night so that people may bring you the wealth of nations, with their kings led as prisoners. Nations and kingdoms that do not serve you will be destroyed. The nations will certainly be ruined. 13“Lebanon’s glory will come to you: Cedar, fir, and cypress trees will come to beautify my holy place, and I will honor the place where my feet rest. 14The descendants of those who oppress you will bow in front of you. All who despise you will bow at your feet. They will call you the city of the Lord, Zion, the city of the Holy One of Israel.
Read all of Isaiah 60Isaiah 60:12 word by word
כִּֽי־הַגּ֧וֹי וְהַמַּמְלָכָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־יַעַבְד֖וּךְ יֹאבֵ֑דוּ וְהַגּוֹיִ֖ם חָרֹ֥ב יֶחֱרָֽבוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 60:12
- Isaiah 41:11“Everyone who is angry with you will be ashamed and disgraced. Those who oppose you will be reduced to nothing and disappear.
- Isaiah 54:15“If anyone attacks you, it will not be my doing. Whoever attacks you will be defeated by you.
- Psalms 2:12Kiss the Son, or he will become angry and you will die on your way because his anger will burst into flames. Blessed is everyone who takes refuge in him.
- Daniel 2:35Then all at once, the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were smashed. They became like husks on a threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain which filled the whole world.
- Zechariah 12:2“I’m going to make Jerusalem like a cup ⌞of wine⌟ that makes all the surrounding people stagger. They will attack Judah along with Jerusalem.
- Zechariah 14:12This will be the plague the Lord will use to strike all the people from the nations that have gone to war against Jerusalem. Their flesh will rot while they are standing on their feet. Their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
- Matthew 21:44Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken. If the stone falls on anyone, it will crush that person.”
- Luke 19:27Bring my enemies, who didn’t want me to be their king. Kill them in front of me.’ ”
- Revelation 2:26I have received authority from my Father. I will give authority over the nations to everyone who wins the victory and continues to do what I want until the end.
Commentaries on Isaiah 60:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12For the nation and kingdom - Perhaps this is given as a reason for What is said in the previous verse - that kings and their subjects should come to Zion and embrace the true religion, because if it were not done they would perish. This is certainly one reason why sinners hasten to embrace the Saviour; and when this truth becomes deeply impressed on a community, it is one of the means of a revival of religion. An apprehension of danger; a certain…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 God will be very gracious. We must begin with his promise, thence all mercies take rise. Many shall be brought into the church, even from far countries. Christ is always ready to receive all who come to him; and the gate of mercy is always open, night and day. All that are about the church shall be made serviceable to it. But those who will not be subject to Christ's golden sceptre, to his word and Spirit, who will not be kept in by the laws…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12In the coming age, nations that refuse to obey God will be destroyed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. For--the reason which will lead Gentile kings and people to submit themselves; fear of the God in Israel (Zec 14:17).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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