Isaiah 60:17
in Isaiah 60Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
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.
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This verse in Isaiah 60
Commentary
10 notes on this verse(Vers. 17 seqq.) I will bring gold instead of bronze, and silver instead of iron, and bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones; and I will appoint peace as your overseer, and justice as your ruler. No more shall iniquity be heard in your land, devastation and destruction within your borders; but your walls shall be called Salvation, and your gates Praise. LXX: I will bring gold instead of bronze for you, and silver instead of iron, and bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones.
This site's exposition
Instead of bronze I will bring you gold
on Isaiah 60:17-18
“Instead of bronze I will bring you gold” pictures each material raised a grade. The same rule applies to rule itself: “I will appoint peace as your governor”. The walls and gates are named for what they guarantee: “you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise”.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
The apostles received the gospel for us from the Lord Jesus Christ; Jesus the Christ was sent forth from God. So then Christ is from God and the apostles are from Christ. Both, therefore, came of the will of God in good order. Having therefore received their orders and being fully assured by the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and full of faith in the Word of God, they went forth with the firm assurance that the Holy Spirit gives, preaching the good news that the kingdom of God was about to come. So, preaching in the country and in the towns, they appointed their firstfruits, when they had tested them by the Spirit, to be bishops and deacons for the future believers. And this was no new thing they did, for indeed something had been written about bishops and deacons many years ago; for somewhere thus says the Scripture, "I will appoint their bishops in righteousness and their deacons in faith."
The Medieval Church1 voice
For brass. Here he sets out the manner of restoration as to the restoration of riches: for much greater things will be offered to the temple by kings than what would be taken by Nabuchodonosor. Mystically: those who formerly were base are made precious in …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
For brass - An allusion to the days of Solomon, when gold was as brass. Peace - Loving, meek, and peaceable. Righteousness - Most righteous.
Sin turned gold into brass when Rehoboam made brazen shields instead of the golden ones he had pawned; but God's favour, when that returns, will turn brass again into gold. She had been oppressed by her own princes, which was sadly complained of, not only as her sin, but as her misery ( ch. lix.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
They shall be peace, that is, they shall sincerely seek thy welfare and by their means thou shalt enjoy good." They shall be peace, for they shall be righteousness; and then the peace is as a river, when the righteousness is as the waves of the sea.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
3 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
For 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 words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| תַּ֣חַת | tachat | in place of | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁת | hanechoshet | the bronze | H5178 → | |
| אָבִ֣יא | ʾavi' | I will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| זָהָ֗ב | zahav | gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| וְתַ֤חַת | vetachat | and in place of | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הַבַּרְזֶל֙ | habarzel | the iron | H1270 → | 76 times |
| אָ֣בִיא | ʾavi' | I will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| כֶ֔סֶף | khesef | silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וְתַ֤חַת | vetachat | and in place of | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הָֽעֵצִים֙ | haetzim | the wood<s> | H6086 → | 328 times |
| נְחֹ֔שֶׁת | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | |
| וְתַ֥חַת | vetachat | and in place of | H8478 → | 505 times |
| הָאֲבָנִ֖ים | haavanim | the stone<s> | H68 → | 273 times |
| בַּרְזֶ֑ל | barzel | iron | H1270 → | 76 times |
| וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י | vesamti | and I will make | H7760 → | 584 times |
| פְקֻדָּתֵךְ֙ | fekudatekh | overseer[s] your | H6486 → | 32 times |
| שָׁל֔וֹם | shalom | peace | H7965 → | 236 times |
| וְנֹגְשַׂ֖יִךְ | venogesayikh | and taskmasters your | H5065 → | 23 times |
| צְדָקָֽה׃ | tzedakah | righteousness | H6666 → | 157 times |
תַּ֣חַתin place of
tachatH8478 →505 times
הַנְּחֹ֜שֶׁתthe bronze
hanechoshetH5178 →
אָבִ֣יאI will bring
ʾavi'H935 →2568 times
זָהָ֗בgold
zahavH2091 →389 times
וְתַ֤חַתand in place of
vetachatH8478 →505 times
הַבַּרְזֶל֙the iron
habarzelH1270 →76 times
אָ֣בִיאI will bring
ʾavi'H935 →2568 times
כֶ֔סֶףsilver
khesefH3701 →403 times
וְתַ֤חַתand in place of
vetachatH8478 →505 times
הָֽעֵצִים֙the wood<s>
haetzimH6086 →328 times
נְחֹ֔שֶׁתbronze
nechoshetH5178 →
וְתַ֥חַתand in place of
vetachatH8478 →505 times
הָאֲבָנִ֖יםthe stone<s>
haavanimH68 →273 times
בַּרְזֶ֑לiron
barzelH1270 →76 times
וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יand I will make
vesamtiH7760 →584 times
פְקֻדָּתֵךְ֙overseer[s] your
fekudatekhH6486 →32 times
שָׁל֔וֹםpeace
shalomH7965 →236 times
וְנֹגְשַׂ֖יִךְand taskmasters your
venogesayikhH5065 →23 times
צְדָקָֽה׃righteousness
tzedakahH6666 →157 times
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
Isaiah 30:26The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds…
it leads to
- Isaiah 60:19–20
No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Revelation 22:5
There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and…
- Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My…
- Revelation 21:23
And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
- Job 5:18
For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
- Isaiah 60:19–20
Through
Hebrews 11:40God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.
it leads to
- Revelation 6:11
Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been…
- Hebrews 8:6
Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.
- Hebrews 10:11–14
Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
- Revelation 6:11
Where this verse is studied
About Isaiah
This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Clement of Rome, 1 CLEMENT 42:1-5; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.