Isaiah 60:5

Isaiah 60:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
• New International Version (NIV)Then you will look and be radiant, your heart will throb and swell with joy; the wealth on the seas will be brought to you, to you the riches of the nations will come.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and exult, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then you shall see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.

Context of Isaiah 60:5

3Nations will come to your light, and kings will come to the brightness of your dawn. 4“Look up, look around, and watch. All of your people assemble and come to you. Your sons come from far away. Your daughters are carried in their arms. Then you will see this and rejoice, and your heart will be thrilled with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you. 6“Many camels will cover your ⌞land⌟, young camels from Midian and Ephah. Everyone from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and incense. They will sing the praises of the Lord. 7All of the flocks from Kedar will gather and come to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be sacrificed as acceptable ⌞offerings⌟ on my altar. So I will honor my beautiful temple.

Isaiah 60:5 word by word

אָ֤ז תִּרְאִי֙ וְנָהַ֔רְתְּ וּפָחַ֥ד וְרָחַ֖ב לְבָבֵ֑ךְ כִּֽי־יֵהָפֵ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ הֲמ֣וֹן יָ֔ם חֵ֥יל גּוֹיִ֖ם יָבֹ֥אוּ לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then thou shalt seeיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
• Then thou shalt seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• and flow togetherנָהַרnâhar · to shineH5102
• and thine heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• shall fearפָּחַדpâchad · to dreadH6342
• and be enlargedרָחַבrâchab · to enlargeH7337
• because the abundanceהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• shall be convertedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• unto thee, the forcesחַ֫יִלchayil · strength: richH2428
• of the Gentilesגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Isaiah 60:5

• Jeremiah 33:9Then Jerusalem will be my source of joy, praise, and honor. All the nations on earth will hear about all the blessings that I will give to Jerusalem. They will be afraid and tremble because of all the prosperity that I will provide for it.
• Hosea 1:10“Yet, the Israelites will become as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. No one will be able to measure them or count them. Wherever they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be told, ‘You are the children of the living God.’
• Hosea 3:5After that, the Israelites will turn and look to the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord for his blessings in the last days.
• Acts 10:45All the believers who were circumcised and who had come with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured on people who were not Jewish.
• Acts 11:17When they believed, God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. So who was I to interfere with God?”
• Isaiah 54:2Expand the space of your tent. Stretch out the curtains of your tent, and don’t hold back. Lengthen your tent ropes, and drive in the tent pegs.
• 1 Samuel 2:1Hannah prayed out loud, “My heart finds joy in the Lord. My head is lifted to the Lord. My mouth mocks my enemies. I rejoice because you saved ⌞me⌟.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1Since we are God’s coworkers, we urge you not to let God’s kindness be wasted on you.
• 2 Corinthians 10:15How can we brag about things done by others that can’t be evaluated? We have confidence that as your faith grows, you will think enough of us to give us the help we need to carry out our assignment—
• Revelation 21:26They will bring the glory and wealth of the nations into the holy city.
• Isaiah 24:14They raise their voices. They shout for joy. From the sea they sing joyfully about the Lord’s majesty.
• Psalms 96:7Give to the Lord, you families of the nations. Give to the Lord glory and power.
• Psalms 98:7Let the sea, everything in it, the world, and those who live in it roar like thunder.
• Romans 11:25Brothers and sisters, I want you to understand this mystery so that you won’t become arrogant. The minds of some Israelites have become closed until all of God’s non-Jewish people are included.
• Isaiah 60:11Your 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.
• Isaiah 23:18Her profits and her earnings will be turned over to the Lord for his holy purpose. It won’t be stored or hoarded. Her merchandise will belong to those who live in the presence of the Lord so that they will have plenty of food and expensive clothing.

Commentaries on Isaiah 60:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Then thou shalt see "Then shalt thou fear" - For תראי tirai, thou shalt see, as ours and much the greater number of the translators, ancient and modern, render it, forty MSS. (ten ancient) of Kennicott's, and twenty-eight of De Rossi's, with one ancient of my own, and the old edition of 1488, have תיראי tirai, thou shalt fear: the true reading, confirmed by the perfect parallelism of the sentences: the heart ruffled and dilated in the second line…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Then shalt thou see - Lowth renders this, Then shalt thou fear and overflow with joy;‘ and supposes that it refers to the agitation and anxiety of mind attending the scene, and to the joy consequent on the numerous conversions. His authority for this change is, that forty manuscripts (two of them ancient) have תיראי, thou shalt fear,‘ instead of תראי tı̂re'ı̂y thou shalt see.‘ But though the change is of a single letter, there is not sufficient authority…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7Zion will recover its losses from war through the wealth of many lands. Foreign nations will eagerly contribute (Isaiah 60:11; 61:6; 66:12; see Revelation 21:26).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. see--(Is 60:4), namely, the bringing back of thy sons. flow together--rather, "overflow with joy" [Lowth]; or, from a different Hebrew root, "be bright with joy" [Gesenius] (Job 3:4). fear--rather, beat with the agitation of solemn joy at the marvellous sight [Horsley] (Jr 33:9). be enlarged--swell with delight. Grief, on the contrary, contracts the heart. abundance of ... sea--the wealth of the lands beyond the sea, as in Solomon's time, the type of…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 60:5

• Church
• Fear of God
• Gentiles
• Gospel

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Acceptance
• Bend
• Church
• Forces
• Nurse
• Sea, The
• Citizenship
• Conversion
• Desire of All Nations

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