Isaiah 27:6
in Isaiah 27In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
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.
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This verse in Isaiah 27
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Verse 6) Those who come out from the root of Jacob will flourish and grow Israel: and they will fill the face of the world with their offspring. LXX: The sons of Jacob who come: Israel will flourish and bloom, and its fruits will fill the earth. After the Apostles, preaching the Gospel in the whole world, have said: We will make peace for Christ, peace will be made for you, those who come from the seed of Jacob and have reached the Apostolic dignity will be called sons of Jacob.
This site's exposition
Sing about a fruitful vineyard
on Isaiah 27:2-6
This vineyard song answers the vineyard of chapter 5, which was laid waste. The LORD is its keeper, "I water it continually", "I guard it night and day". In the days to come "Jacob will take root", and "Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit".
This site's exposition
Jacob will take root
Jacob takes root like a vine, and Barnes draws the picture from the cuttings of the vine that root and flourish. Jerome reads the fruit that fills the world as offspring. Hosea 14:5 and 6 promise the same rooting and spreading.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
In relation to himself, Israel shall blossom, in faith, or in good intention, and bud, in completion of the work, below: Jerusalem shall flourish like the lily (Isa 35:1); and in relation to his neighbor: they shall fill the face of the world with seed, …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root,....
Here is the prophet again singing of mercy and judgment, not, as before, judgment to the enemies and mercy to the church, but judgment to the church and mercy mixed with that judgment. Here is judgment threatened even to Jacob and Israel.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
To take root “From the root” - For ישרש yashresh, I read, with the Syriac, משרש mishshoresh. And for יציץ ופרח yatsits uparach, יציצו פרח 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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
He 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 from the captivity. And fill the face of the world with fruit - On the meaning of the word ‘face,’ see the note at Isa 25:7. The sense is, that the people of God would so increase and flourish that the true religion would ultimately fill the entire world. The same idea of the universal prevalence of the true religion is often advanced by this prophet, and occurs in various parts of the hymns or songs which we are now considering (see Isa 25:6-8). The figure which is used here, drawn from the vine, denoting prosperity by its increase and its fruit, is beautifully employed in Psa 92:13-14: Those that be planted in the house of Yahweh, Shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; They shall be rich and green.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַבָּאִים֙ | habaim | the coming [times] | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יַשְׁרֵ֣שׁ | yashresh | it will take root | H8327 → | |
| יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| יָצִ֥יץ | yatzitz | it will blossom | H6692 → | |
| וּפָרַ֖ח | ufarach | and it will bud | H6524 → | 36 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וּמָלְא֥וּ | umalu | and they will fill | H4390 → | 249 times |
| פְנֵי־ | fenei- | [the] surface of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| תֵבֵ֖ל | tevel | [the] world | H8398 → | 36 times |
| תְּנוּבָֽה׃ ס | tenuvah | fruit | H8570 → |
הַבָּאִים֙the coming [times]
habaimH935 →2568 times
יַשְׁרֵ֣שׁit will take root
yashreshH8327 →
יַֽעֲקֹ֔בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
יָצִ֥יץit will blossom
yatzitzH6692 →
וּפָרַ֖חand it will bud
ufarachH6524 →36 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וּמָלְא֥וּand they will fill
umaluH4390 →249 times
פְנֵי־[the] surface of
fenei-H6440 →2123 times
תֵבֵ֖ל[the] world
tevelH8398 →36 times
תְּנוּבָֽה׃ סfruit
tenuvahH8570 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Zechariah 2:11“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me…
it leads to
- Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
- 1 Peter 2:9–10
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Acts 28:28
Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
- Isaiah 45:14
This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge…
- Luke 2:32
a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
- Revelation 11:15
Through
Isaiah 37:31And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 19:30–31
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
- Psalms 80:9
You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
- Isaiah 10:20–22
On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy…
- 2 Kings 19:30–31
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.