Isaiah 60:14
in Isaiah 60The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
KJV
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
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This verse in Isaiah 60
Commentary
10 notes on this verse(Verses 13, 14.) The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress, the fir tree, and the pine tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will glorify the place of my feet. The descendants of those who oppressed you will come to you bent low, and all who spoke against you will bow down at your feet and call you the city of the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.
This site's exposition
The glory of Lebanon will come to you
on Isaiah 60:13-14
“The glory of Lebanon will come to you”, as cedar of Lebanon built the temple of Solomon at 1 Kings 5:6. The city gets a new name, “the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel”, the title that runs through the book.
This site's exposition
The sons of your oppressors will come
Wesley notes that sons of your oppressors can mean the oppressors themselves, a Hebrew way of speaking, and reads their bowing as penitence. Jamieson, Fausset & Brown take the city's name as the royal court of the Holy One. Henry finds the church foreshadowed in the peace after exile.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Scripture likes to compare the multitude of the saints with trees of this kind.… Paul calls us in one place "the plantation of God." Some interpreters say that Scripture calls the nations Lebanon (just as Carmel can mean Jerusalem, though it is a mountain in …
The Medieval Church1 voice
And the children of them that afflict you, shall come bowing down to you. Here he shows the manner of acquiring prosperity as to the subjection of peoples. And first, he sets out the subjection itself: and the children of them that afflict you, shall …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The happy and glorious state of the church is here further foretold, referring principally and ultimately to the Christian church and the spiritual peace of that, but under the type of that little gleam of outward peace which the Jews sometimes enjoyed after their return out of captivity. This is here spoken of, I.
The sons - Either their posterity, or themselves, for it is the manner of the Hebrew so to speak. Bending - Humbling themselves, as penitents. Call thee - They shall acknowledge her to be so.
The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee,....
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The sons--Their fathers who "afflicted" Israel having been cut off by divine judgments (Isa 14:1, 2; The Zion of the Holy One--The royal court of the Holy One.
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The sons of them that afflicted thee - In the previous verses the prophet had said that strangers and foreigners would become tributary to the true religion. Here, to give variety and interest to the description, he says, that even the descendants of those who had oppressed them would become tributary to them, and acknowledge them as favored by Yahweh. Shall come bending unto thee - Shall come to time in a posture of humiliation and respect, In regard to the fulfillment of this, we may observe:
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
box trees, firs, and cypresses Species of trees of the forest of Lebanon.
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. 6 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
18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָלְכ֨וּ | vehalekhu | and they will come | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| אֵלַ֤יִךְ | ʾelayikh | to you | H413 → | 5510 times |
| שְׁח֙וֹחַ֙ | shechoach | by bowing down | H7817 → | 21 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [the] children of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מְעַנַּ֔יִךְ | meanayikh | [those who] afflicted you | H6031 → | 82 times |
| וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֛וּ | vehishtachavu | and they will bow down | H7812 → | 172 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כַּפּ֥וֹת | kapot | [the] soles of | H3709 → | 192 times |
| רַגְלַ֖יִךְ | raglayikh | feet your | H7272 → | 247 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מְנַֽאֲצָ֑יִךְ | menaatzayikh | [those who] despised you | H5006 → | 25 times |
| וְקָ֤רְאוּ | vekareu | and they will call | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לָךְ֙ | lokh | <to> you | ||
| עִ֣יר | ʾir | [the] city of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| צִיּ֖וֹן | tziyon | Zion | H6726 → | 154 times |
| קְד֥וֹשׁ | kedoosh | of [the] holy [one] of | H6918 → | 116 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וְהָלְכ֨וּand they will come
vehalekhuH1980 →1546 times
אֵלַ֤יִךְto you
ʾelayikhH413 →5510 times
שְׁח֙וֹחַ֙by bowing down
shechoachH7817 →21 times
בְּנֵ֣י[the] children of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
מְעַנַּ֔יִךְ[those who] afflicted you
meanayikhH6031 →82 times
וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֛וּand they will bow down
vehishtachavuH7812 →172 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כַּפּ֥וֹת[the] soles of
kapotH3709 →192 times
רַגְלַ֖יִךְfeet your
raglayikhH7272 →247 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
מְנַֽאֲצָ֑יִךְ[those who] despised you
menaatzayikhH5006 →25 times
וְקָ֤רְאוּand they will call
vekareuH7121 →733 times
לָךְ֙<to> you
lokh
עִ֣יר[the] city of
ʾirH5892 →1090 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
צִיּ֖וֹןZion
tziyonH6726 →154 times
קְד֥וֹשׁof [the] holy [one] of
kedooshH6918 →116 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Israel
yisraelH3478 →2507 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 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 60:16
You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 60:3
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
- Micah 7:17
They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of…
- Isaiah 60:10–11
Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
- Isaiah 45:14
Through
Revelation 3:9Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know…
it leads to
- Isaiah 49:23
Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD;…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Revelation 2:9
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.
- Isaiah 49:23
Through
Hebrews 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
it leads to
- Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Philippians 3:20
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This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & 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; Procopius of Gaza, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 60:1-22 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.