Isaiah 29:23 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 29:23

For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

BSB

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ASV

But when he seeth his children, the work of my hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name; yea, they shall sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall stand in awe of the God of Israel.

KJV

But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.

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Commentary

3 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah (1274)

His children, the Apostles. 666. Or this may be otherwise explained as concerning the prosperity that was promised to them when Sennacherib or Nabuchodonosor were destroyed: he shall see his children . . . sanctifying my name (Isa 29:23), the three children in the furnace …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

He seeth - When the believing seed of Jacob shall see those children, whom they have begotten to God, by the gospel, even the Gentiles. The work - The children, not of the flesh, but of the promise, whom I, by my almighty grace, have regenerated.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

But when he seeth his children - The sense is, ‘he shall not be ashamed of his sons, for he shall see them henceforward walking in the ways of piety and virtue.’ The work of my hands - That is, this change Isa 29:17-19 by which the nation will be reformed, will be produced by the agency of God himself. The sentiment is in accordance with the doctrines of the Scriptures everywhere, that people are recovered from sin by the agency of God alone (compare Isa 60:21; Eph 2:10).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
בִ֠רְאֹתוֹ	vir.'o.to	when sees it	H7200 →
יְלָדָ֞יו	ye.la.Dav	children its	H3206 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה	ma.'a.Seh	[the] work of	H4639 →
יָדַ֛י	ya.Dai	hands my	H3027 →
בְּקִרְבּ֖וֹ	be.kir.Bo	in midst its	H7130 →
יַקְדִּ֣ישֽׁוּ	yak.Di.shu	they will regard as holy	H6942 →
שְׁמִ֑י	she.Mi	name my	H8034 →
וְהִקְדִּ֙ישׁוּ֙	ve.hik.Di.shu	and they will regard as holy	H6942 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
קְד֣וֹשׁ	ke.Do.osh	[the] holy [one] of	H6918 →
יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אֱלֹהֵ֥י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
יַעֲרִֽיצוּ׃	ya.'a.Ri.tzu	they will regard with awe	H6206 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
leads to
- Philippians 2:13
  For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Colossians 1:10
  so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- 2 Corinthians 9:8
  And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
Through
Isaiah 5:16
But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
leads to
- Psalms 46:10
  “Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”
- Isaiah 12:4
  and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
Through
Isaiah 8:13
The LORD of Hosts is the One you shall regard as holy. Only He should be feared; only He should be dreaded.
leads to
- Luke 12:5
  But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

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PersonPatriarchsJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.

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The walk

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About Isaiah