Isaiah 60:18
in Isaiah 60No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, desolation nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
KJV
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
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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”.
This site's exposition
you will name your walls Salvation
Wesley places the fulfilment in the thousand years of Christ's reign on earth, while Theodoret looks to the future life, free of all injustice. Henry sees the prophet rising here from the church on earth to the church in glory. Wesley pictures praise sung at the gates.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
Some give the definition that a city is an established community, administered according to law. And the definition that has been handed down of the city is in harmony with the celestial city, Jerusalem above. For there it is a community of the firstborn who have been enrolled in heaven, and this is established because of the unchanging manner of life of the saints, and it is administered according to the heavenly law. Therefore, it is not the privilege of human nature to learn the arrangement of that city and all this adornment.
Everyone will see a truer fulfillment of these promises in the future life. That life is free from all injustice. That life is adorned with the highest justice. That life is in truth without sorrow and exempt from troubles. However, one also finds, as it …
The Medieval Church1 voice
And he also sets out the effect of justice as to the absence of wickedness: iniquity shall no more be heard in your land, because for some time the laws will be well observed (2 Macc 3:1); or iniquity, of idolatry. Mystically, this refers to …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Salvation - They shall be safe, and able to defend thee; thou shalt be as safe, as salvation itself can make thee. Thy gates - Within and upon thy gates and walls, thou shalt sing praises. All this will be fulfilled during the thousand years wherein Christ shall reign upon earth.
As the prophets sometimes insensibly pass from the blessings of the Jewish church to the spiritual blessings of the Christian church, which are eternal, so sometimes they rise from the church militant to the church triumphant, where, and where only, all the promised peace, and joy, and honour will be in perfection.
2 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land - This is a most beautiful description of the peace and prosperity which would prevail in the times of the Messiah. If the gospel, in its purity, should prevail on earth, there would be no more scenes of violence and war. The battle-shout would be heard no more; the cry of violence, the clangor of arms would resound no more. The pure gospel of the Redeemer has never originated one war; never produced one scene of bloodshed; never once prompted to violence and strife.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִשָּׁמַ֨ע | yishama' | it will be heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| ע֤וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| חָמָס֙ | chamas | violence | H2555 → | 60 times |
| בְּאַרְצֵ֔ךְ | beartzekh | in land your | H776 → | 2504 times |
| שֹׁ֥ד | shod | devastation | H7701 → | 25 times |
| וָשֶׁ֖בֶר | vashever | and destruction | H7667 → | 45 times |
| בִּגְבוּלָ֑יִךְ | bigvulayikh | in territories your | H1366 → | 240 times |
| וְקָרָ֤את | vekarat | and you will call | H7121 → | 733 times |
| יְשׁוּעָה֙ | yeshuah | salvation | H3444 → | 78 times |
| חוֹמֹתַ֔יִךְ | chomotayikh | walls your | H2346 → | 133 times |
| וּשְׁעָרַ֖יִךְ | ushearayikh | and gates your | H8179 → | 374 times |
| תְּהִלָּֽה׃ | tehilah | praise | H8416 → | 56 times |
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִשָּׁמַ֨עit will be heard
yishama'H8085 →1159 times
ע֤וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
חָמָס֙violence
chamasH2555 →60 times
בְּאַרְצֵ֔ךְin land your
beartzekhH776 →2504 times
שֹׁ֥דdevastation
shodH7701 →25 times
וָשֶׁ֖בֶרand destruction
vasheverH7667 →45 times
בִּגְבוּלָ֑יִךְin territories your
bigvulayikhH1366 →240 times
וְקָרָ֤אתand you will call
vekaratH7121 →733 times
יְשׁוּעָה֙salvation
yeshuahH3444 →78 times
חוֹמֹתַ֔יִךְwalls your
chomotayikhH2346 →133 times
וּשְׁעָרַ֖יִךְand gates your
ushearayikhH8179 →374 times
תְּהִלָּֽה׃praise
tehilahH8416 →56 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 2:4Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against…
it leads to
- Hosea 2:18
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish…
- Micah 4:3
Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take…
- Zechariah 9:10
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend…
- Isaiah 11:6–9
The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.
- Isaiah 60:17–18
Instead 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…
- Hosea 2:18
Through
Isaiah 11:9They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
it leads to
- Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
- Isaiah 52:10
The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
- Habakkuk 2:14
Through
Zechariah 9:8But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with…
it leads to
- Isaiah 54:14
In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
- Isaiah 54:14
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); Basil of Caesarea, HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 18:4 (PSALM 45); 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; Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 19:60.18 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.