New English Translation
Isaiah 27:6
6The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world.
Isaiah 27:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
- New International Version (NIV)In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob; Israel shall blossom and bud, And fill the face of the world with fruit.
Context of Isaiah 27:6
4I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire, 5unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me. The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world. 7Has the Lord struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? Has Israel been killed like their enemies? 8When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.
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הַבָּאִים֙ יַשְׁרֵ֣שׁ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב יָצִ֥יץ וּפָרַ֖ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּמָלְא֥וּ פְנֵי־תֵבֵ֖ל תְּנוּבָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- He shall cause them that comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- of Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
- to take rootשָׁרַשׁshârash · to uprootH8327
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- shall blossomצוּץtsûts · to blossomH6692
- and budפָּרַחpârach · to sproutH6524
- and fillמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
- the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
- of the worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl · worldH8398
- with fruitתְּנוּבָהtenûbâh · fruitH8570
Cross-references for Isaiah 27:6
- Isaiah 6:13Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family.”
- Isaiah 37:31Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit.
- Isaiah 49:20Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, ‘This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.’
- Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.
- Isaiah 60:22The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!”
- Psalms 92:13Planted in the Lord’s house, they grow in the courts of our God.
- Jeremiah 30:19Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised.
- Hosea 2:23Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), ‘You are my people!’ And he will say, ‘You are my God!’”
- Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.
- Zechariah 2:11“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.
- Zechariah 10:8I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before.
- Romans 11:16If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.
- Galatians 3:29And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.
- Philippians 3:3For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials
- Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 27:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6To take root "From the root" - For ישרש yashresh, I read, with the Syriac, משרש mishshoresh . And for ופרח יציץ yatsits uparach, פרח יציצו yatsitsu parach, joining the ו vau to the first word, and taking that into construction with the first part of the sentence, Israel shall bud forth. I suppose the dialogue to be continued in this verse, which pursues the same image of the allegory, but in the way of metaphor.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root - This language is derived from the vine, as the shoots or cuttings of the vine take root and flourish. To take root, therefore, is an emblem denoting that the descendants of Jacob, or the people of God, would increase and prosper. Shall blossom and bud - An image also taken from the vine, or from fruit trees in general, and meaning that they should greatly flourish in the time succeeding their return…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-13Verses 6-13 In the days of the gospel, the latter days, the gospel church shall be more firmly fixed than the Jewish church, and shall spread further. May our souls be continually watered and kept, that we may abound in the fruits of the Spirit, in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. The Jews yet are kept a separate and a numerous people; they have not been rooted out as those who slew them. The condition of that nation, through so many ages, forms a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Jacob’s descendants will grow, and the remaining people will increase (Isaiah 37:31; see also 5:24; 14:30; for application to the Messiah, see 11:1, 10). fill the whole world: This prophecy goes beyond Israel's return from exile to the second coming of the Lord Jesus. It includes all righteous children of God (Jews and non-Jews) who suffer but stay obedient while waiting for complete redemption (see Isaiah 26:18; John 15:1–8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. He--Jehovah. Here the song of the Lord as to His vineyard (Is 27:2-5) ends; and the prophet confirms the sentiment in the song, under the same image of a vine (compare Psa 92:13-15; Ho 14:5, 6). Israel ... fill ... world--(Ro 11:12).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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