Isaiah 60:16 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

Thou shalt also suck the milk of the nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

KJV

Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 15, 16.) Because you were abandoned and hated, with no one to pass by, I will make you a pride for all generations, a joy from generation to generation. You will suck the milk of the nations and nurse at the breast of kings. And you will know that I am the Lord, your Savior and strong Redeemer, Jacob. LXX: Because you were abandoned and hated, with no one to help, I will make you an eternal exultation, a joy for generations to come.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Yet considering how short Jerusalem's excellency was, and how short it came of the vast compass of this promise, we must look for the full accomplishment of it in the perpetual excellencies of the gospel church, far exceeding those of the Old-Testament church, and the glorious privileges and advantages of the Christian religion, which are indeed the joy of many generations.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles - This expression means, ‘Whatever is valuable and rich which they possess shall contribute to your welfare.’ The idea is the same substantially which occurs in the previous parts of the chapter, that the riches of the pagan world would become tributary to the advancement of the true religion.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְיָנַקְתְּ֙	ve.ya.nakT	and you will suck	H3243 →
חֲלֵ֣ב	cha.Lev	[the] milk of	H2461 →
גּוֹיִ֔ם	go.Yim	nations	H1471 →
וְשֹׁ֥ד	ve.Shod	and [the] breast of	H7699 →
מְלָכִ֖ים	me.la.Khim	kings	H4428 →
תִּינָ֑קִי	ti.Na.ki	you will suck	H3243 →
וְיָדַ֗עַתְּ	ve.ya.Da.'at	and you will know	H3045 →
כִּ֣י	ki	that	H3588 →
אֲנִ֤י	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֔ךְ	mo.shi.'Ekh	[am] deliverer your	H3467 →
וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְ	ve.go.'a.Lekh	and redeemer your	H1350 →
אֲבִ֥יר	'a.Vir	[the] mighty one of	H46 →
יַעֲקֹֽב׃	ya.'a.Ko	Jacob	H3290 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

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
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;…
leads to
- Isaiah 60:14
  The 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…
- 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 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…
- 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.
Through
Isaiah 61:6
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their…
leads to
- Exodus 19:6
  And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
- 1 Peter 2:5
  you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- 1 Peter 2:9
  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.

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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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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06About Isaiah

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