Isaiah 62:9
in Isaiah 62For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
but they that have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Jehovah; and they that have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.
KJV
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
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This verse in Isaiah 62
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Vers. 8, 9.) The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by the strength of his arm: If I give your wheat beyond food to your enemies, and if the sons of aliens drink your wine, in which you have labored: for those who gather it will eat it and praise the Lord, and those who carry it will drink it in my holy courts.
This site's exposition
The LORD has sworn by His right hand
on Isaiah 62:8-9
“The LORD has sworn by His right hand” that the harvest will no longer go to invaders. This undoes the curse of Deuteronomy 28:33, where a foreign people eats the fruit of the land. Those who gather will “praise the LORD”, worship and harvest joined in one scene.
This site's exposition
will drink the wine in My holy courts
Clarke ties the verse to the law of Moses, which had the tithe of grain and wine eaten before the LORD in Deuteronomy 12:17-18. Clarke cites Leviticus 19:23-25, where the fourth-year fruit of a young tree was holy, given for praise. Barnes sees each worker secure in his own labour.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
"They will eat and drink in the courts of my sanctuary." These are the many mansions with the Father. He mentions "courts," or "dwellings" as some prefer, and so consequently mentions the temple. He says, "Go out through my gates," meaning the heavenly city with …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
11 ), sometimes by his holiness ( Ps. lxxxix. 35 ), here by his power, his right hand (which was lifted up in swearing, Deut. xxxii. 40 ), and his arm of power; for it is a great satisfaction to those who build their hopes on God's promise to be sure that what he has promised he is able to perform, Rom. iv.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
But they that have gathered it shall eat it - There shall be a state of security, so that every man may enjoy the avails of his own labor. Nothing is a more certain indication of liberty and prosperity than this - that every man may securely enjoy the avails of his own labor. Nothing more certainly marks the advance of civilization, and nothing so much tends to encourage industry and to promote prosperity.
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord - This and the following line have reference to the law of Moses: “Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil; but thou must eat them before the Lord thy God, in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose,” Deu 12:17, Deu 12:18. “And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years it shall be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten of. But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the Lord withal. And in the fifth year ye shall eat the fruit thereof,” Lev 19:23-25. This clearly explains the force of the expressions, “shall praise Jehovah,” and “shall drink it in my sacred courts.” Five MSS., one ancient, have יאכלוהו yocheluhu, they shall eat it, fully expressed: and so likewise ישתוהו yishtuhu, they shall drink it, is found in nineteen MSS., three of them ancient. - L.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Pass, pass through the portals Said the prophet, “Pass and return in the portals; turn the heart of the people to the proper path” [after Jonathan].
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
O prophets, pass through and return through the gates; turn the heart of the people into the right way; bring good tidings of good things, and consolations to the righteous, who remove the thoughts of an evil imagination, which are like a stone of stumbling; lift up a standard for the people.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מְאַסְפָיו֙ | measfav | [those who] gather it | H622 → | 200 times |
| יֹאכְלֻ֔הוּ | yokheluhu | they will eat it | H398 → | 810 times |
| וְהִֽלְל֖וּ | vehilu | and they will praise | H1984 → | 165 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וּֽמְקַבְּצָ֥יו | umekabetzav | and [those who] gather it | H6908 → | 127 times |
| יִשְׁתֻּ֖הוּ | yishtuhu | they will drink it | H8354 → | 217 times |
| בְּחַצְר֥וֹת | bechatzrot | in [the] courts of | H2691 → | 191 times |
| קָדְשִֽׁי׃ ס | kodshi | holiness my | H6944 → | 469 times |
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
מְאַסְפָיו֙[those who] gather it
measfavH622 →200 times
יֹאכְלֻ֔הוּthey will eat it
yokheluhuH398 →810 times
וְהִֽלְל֖וּand they will praise
vehiluH1984 →165 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וּֽמְקַבְּצָ֥יוand [those who] gather it
umekabetzavH6908 →127 times
יִשְׁתֻּ֖הוּthey will drink it
yishtuhuH8354 →217 times
בְּחַצְר֥וֹתin [the] courts of
bechatzrotH2691 →191 times
קָדְשִֽׁי׃ סholiness my
kodshiH6944 →469 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
Deuteronomy 12:12And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:7
There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 26:12
When you have finished laying aside a tenth of all your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, you are to give it to the Levite, the foreigner, the fatherless, and…
- Deuteronomy 10:9
That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
- Deuteronomy 12:7
Through
Deuteronomy 12:7There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:18
Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 14:26
Then you may spend the money on anything you desire: cattle, sheep, wine, strong drink, or anything you wish. You are to feast there in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice…
- Leviticus 23:40
On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to…
- Deuteronomy 12:18
Through
Deuteronomy 16:11and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 12:12
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 12:12
Through
Deuteronomy 16:14And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 8:9–12
Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all of them, “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or…
- Nehemiah 8:9–12
Where this verse is studied
About Isaiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Procopius of Gaza, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 62:1-12.