New International Version
Isaiah 60:10
10“Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion.
Isaiah 60:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“The sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, And their kings shall minister to you; For in My wrath I struck you, But in My favor I have had mercy on you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Foreigners will come to rebuild your towns, and their kings will serve you. For though I have destroyed you in my anger, I will now have mercy on you through my grace.
Context of Isaiah 60:10
8“Who are these that fly along like clouds, like doves to their nests? 9Surely the islands look to me; in the lead are the ships of Tarshish, bringing your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has endowed you with splendor. “Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in anger I struck you, in favor I will show you compassion. 11Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations— their kings led in triumphal procession. 12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined.
Read all of Isaiah 60Isaiah 60:10 word by word
וּבָנ֤וּ בְנֵֽי־נֵכָר֙ חֹמֹתַ֔יִךְ וּמַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם יְשָׁרְת֑וּנֶךְ כִּ֤י בְקִצְפִּי֙ הִכִּיתִ֔יךְ וּבִרְצוֹנִ֖י רִֽחַמְתִּֽיךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the sonsבֵּןbên · son: type ofH1121
- of strangersנֵכָרnêkâr · foreignH5236
- shall build upבָּנָהbânâh · to buildH1129
- thy wallsחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
- and their kingsמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- shall ministerשָׁרַתshârath · to ministerH8334
- unto thee: for in my wrathקֶ֫צֶףqetseph · wrathH7110
- I smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- thee, but in my favourרָצוֹןrâtsôn râtsôn · acceptanceH7522
- have I had mercyרָחַםrâcham · to have compassionH7355
Cross-references for Isaiah 60:10
- Isaiah 61:5Strangers will shepherd your flocks; foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
- Isaiah 66:21And I will select some of them also to be priests and Levites,” says the Lord.
- Zechariah 6:15Those who are far away will come and help to build the temple of the Lord, and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the Lord your God.”
- Isaiah 60:3Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down before you with their faces to the ground; they will lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in me will not be disappointed.”
- Ezra 6:3In the first year of King Cyrus, the king issued a decree concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem: Let the temple be rebuilt as a place to present sacrifices, and let its foundations be laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
- Ezra 7:12Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, teacher of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
- Nehemiah 2:7I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may I have letters to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, so that they will provide me safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah?
- Revelation 21:24The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.
- Isaiah 12:1In that day you will say: “I will praise you, Lord. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.
- Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.
- Isaiah 57:17I was enraged by their sinful greed; I punished them, and hid my face in anger, yet they kept on in their willful ways.
- Psalms 30:5For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.
Commentaries on Isaiah 60:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10And the sons of strangers - They who have been devoted to a foreign and a false religion shall become devoted to the true religion, and engage in the service of the true God. Shall build up thy walls - Jerusalem is represented as a ruined city. Her walls had been thrown down, and were lying prostrate. In restoring her to her former magnificence, strangers and foreigners would lend their cheerful aid. The idea is, that they would become tributary to the…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. 10their kings will serve you: God's people, once humiliated (Isaiah 2:11), will be honored.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. kings ... minister unto thee--(See on Is 60:7; Is 49:23). in my wrath I smote thee--(Is 54:7, 8; 57:17).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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