Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 66:14
14You will see, your heart will rejoice, and your bones will flourish like grass. So the hand of Adonai will be known to His servants, and His indignation to His enemies.
Isaiah 66:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
- New International Version (NIV)When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass; the hand of the Lord will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like the grass; and the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants, and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When you see this, your heart shall rejoice, And your bones shall flourish like grass; The hand of the Lord shall be known to His servants, And His indignation to His enemies.
Context of Isaiah 66:14
12For thus says Adonai: “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream. You will be nursed, carried on the hip, and bounced on her knees. 13As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you, so you will be comforted in Jerusalem. You will see, your heart will rejoice, and your bones will flourish like grass. So the hand of Adonai will be known to His servants, and His indignation to His enemies. 15For behold, Adonai will come in fire, and His chariots like the whirlwind, to render His anger with fury, and His rebuke with flames of fire. 16For by fire and His sword Adonai will execute judgment on all flesh and those slain by Adonai will be many.
Read all of Isaiah 66Isaiah 66:14 word by word
וּרְאִיתֶם֙ וְשָׂ֣שׂ לִבְּכֶ֔ם וְעַצְמוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם כַּדֶּ֣שֶׁא תִפְרַ֑חְנָה וְנוֹדְעָ֤ה יַד־יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עֲבָדָ֔יו וְזָעַ֖ם אֶת־אֹיְבָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And when ye seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- your heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
- shall rejoiceשׂוּשׂώûώ ώîyώ · to rejoiceH7797
- and your bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
- shall flourishפָּרַחpârach · to sproutH6524
- like an herbדֶּ֫שֶׁאdeshe' · grassH1877
- and the handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- shall be knownיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- toward his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- indignationזָעַםzâ‛am · be indignantH2194
- toward his enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
Cross-references for Isaiah 66:14
- Zechariah 10:7The Ephraimites will be like a warrior. Their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see and be glad. Their hearts will rejoice in Adonai.
- John 16:22So also you have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you!
- Isaiah 26:19Yet it will be: “Your dead will live! My corpses will rise! Awake and shout for joy, you who dwell in the dust! Your dew is like the dew of the dawn. The land of dead souls will come to life!
- Proverbs 3:8It will be healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
- Proverbs 17:22A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
- Ezekiel 37:1The hand of Adonai was upon me. The Ruach Adonai carried me out and set me down in the middle of the valley. It was full of bones.
- Hosea 14:4‘Assyria will not save us. We will not ride on horses, and we will never again say, “Our god,” to the work of our hands, for with You, orphans find mercy.’”
- Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of Adonai, you who tremble at His word: “Your brothers who hated you, excluding you for My Name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Adonai be glorified, that we may see your joy’— but they will be put to shame.”
- Isaiah 65:12I will fate you to the sword, and all of you will kneel to slaughter. For I called, but you did not answer, I spoke, but you did not hear. So you did what was evil in My sight, and chose what I did not delight in.”
- Ezra 7:9He began his aliyah from Babylon on the first day of the first month and entered Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, because the good hand of his God was upon him.
- Ezra 8:18Now as the good hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah, a man of insight from the sons of Mahli, son of Levi, son of Israel, along with his sons and his brothers, 18 men.
- Malachi 3:18Then you will return and distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.”
- Hebrews 10:27but only a terrifying expectation of judgment and a fury of fire about to devour the enemies of God.
Commentaries on Isaiah 66:14
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14And when ye see this - This great accession to the church from the Gentile world. Your bones shall flourish like an herb - This is an image which is often employed in the Scriptures. When the vigor of the body fails, or when it is much afflicted, the bones are said to be feeble or weakened, or to be dried Psalm 6:2; Psalm 51:8; Psalm 22:14, Psalm 22:17; Psalm 38:3; Lamentations 1:13; Proverbs 14:30; Proverbs 17:22. like manner, prosperity, health, vigor…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-14Verses 5-14 The prophet turns to those that trembled at God's word, to comfort and encourage them. The Lord will appear, to the joy of the humble believer, and to the confusion of hypocrites and persecutors. When the Spirit was poured out, and the gospel went forth from Zion, multitudes were converted in a little time. The word of God, especially his promises, and ordinances, are the consolations of the church. The true happiness of all Christians is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14flourish like grass: Contrast Isaiah 40:7; 64:6. God's enemies included disobedient people from foreign nations and from within Israel (see Isaiah 61:2 and 66:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. bones--which once were "dried up" by the "fire" of God's wrath (La 1:13), shall live again (Pr 3:8; 15:30; Eze 37:1, &c.). flourish ... herb--(Ro 11:15-24). known toward--manifested in behalf of.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 66
- 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
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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