Isaiah 60:17

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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

15“Although you have been forsaken and hated, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride and the joy of all generations. 16You will drink the milk of nations and be nursed at royal breasts. Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 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. 18No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders, but you will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. 19The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.

Isaiah 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 30:26The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the Lord binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.
• 1 Kings 10:21All King Solomon’s goblets were gold, and all the household articles in the Palace of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Nothing was made of silver, because silver was considered of little value in Solomon’s days.
• Zechariah 12:8On that day the Lord will shield those who live in Jerusalem, so that the feeblest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord going before them.
• Hebrews 11:40since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
• 2 Peter 3:13But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.
• Isaiah 1:26I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
• Isaiah 32:1See, a king will reign in righteousness and rulers will rule with 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