New Living Translation
Isaiah 60:5
5Your eyes will shine, and your heart will thrill with joy, for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands.
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
3All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance. 4“Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home. Your eyes will shine, and your heart will thrill with joy, for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands. 6Vast caravans of camels will converge on you, the camels of Midian and Ephah. The people of Sheba will bring gold and frankincense and will come worshiping the Lord. 7The flocks of Kedar will be given to you, and the rams of Nebaioth will be brought for my altars. I will accept their offerings, and I will make my Temple glorious.
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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 this city will bring me joy, glory, and honor before all the nations of the earth! The people of the world will see all the good I do for my people, and they will tremble with awe at the peace and prosperity I provide for them.
- Hosea 1:10“Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore—too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ it will be said, ‘You are children of the living God.’
- Hosea 3:5But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the Lord their God and to David’s descendant, their king. In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the Lord and of his goodness.
- Acts 10:45The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles, too.
- Acts 11:17And since God gave these Gentiles the same gift he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to stand in God’s way?”
- Isaiah 54:2“Enlarge your house; build an addition. Spread out your home, and spare no expense!
- 1 Samuel 2:1Then Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the Lord! The Lord has made me strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I rejoice because you rescued me.
- 2 Corinthians 6:1As God’s partners, we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it.
- 2 Corinthians 10:15Nor do we boast and claim credit for the work someone else has done. Instead, we hope that your faith will grow so that the boundaries of our work among you will be extended.
- Revelation 21:26And all the nations will bring their glory and honor into the city.
- Isaiah 24:14But all who are left shout and sing for joy. Those in the west praise the Lord’s majesty.
- Psalms 96:7O nations of the world, recognize the Lord; recognize that the Lord is glorious and strong.
- Psalms 98:7Let the sea and everything in it shout his praise! Let the earth and all living things join in.
- Romans 11:25I want you to understand this mystery, dear brothers and sisters, so that you will not feel proud about yourselves. Some of the people of Israel have hard hearts, but this will last only until the full number of Gentiles comes to Christ.
- Isaiah 60:11Your gates will stay open day and night to receive the wealth of many lands. The kings of the world will be led as captives in a victory procession.
- Isaiah 23:18But in the end her profits will be given to the Lord. Her wealth will not be hoarded but will provide good food and fine clothing for the Lord’s priests.
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
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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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