Isaiah 60:19
in Isaiah 60No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.
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ASV
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but Jehovah will be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
KJV
The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
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This verse in Isaiah 60
Commentary
13 notes on this verse(Verse 19, 20.) The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor will the splendor of the moon shine on you; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. Your sun will never set again, and your moon will not decrease; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will be fulfilled.
This site's exposition
No longer will the sun be your light by day
on Isaiah 60:19-20
The LORD takes the place of the created lights: “No longer will the sun be your light”, “for the LORD will be your everlasting light”. Revelation 21:23 keeps the picture for the city that needs no sun. Verse 20 gives its end: “the days of your sorrow will cease”.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers3 voices
We must keep in mind, however, that the Word promises to the righteous through the mouth of Isaiah that days will come when not the sun but the Lord will be to them an everlasting light, and God will be their glory. And it is from misunderstanding, I think, some pestilent heresy that gave an interpretation to the words "let there be light," as if they were the expression of a wish merely on the part of the Creator, that Celsus made the remark, "The Creator did not borrow light from above, like those persons who kindle lamps at those of their neighbors."
This is exactly what the future life possesses. It will need neither moon nor sun, since it has the ineffable light of God. But those who believe can take advantage of it in a provisional form. Nevertheless, in a figurative sense, believers enjoy this light …
According to the word of blessing to the one receiving illumination, "The Lord will be your everlasting light." … When this economy was reconstituted, God opened his eyes on the house of Judah, that is, the living church of God, with the Savior sent from …
The Medieval Church2 voices
A commentator
BonaventureCollations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 23 · Written in the 13th century.
proposed
It is lifted up, so that it may see Jerusalem in a threefold way: as standing in heaven, coming down from heaven, and going up to heaven. In no other way can the soul be contemplative. Isaias speaks of the first: "Rise up in splendor, …
This also pertains mystically to the state of future beatitude, when, although the sun may be much brighter than it is now and the moon also, nevertheless, not for the saints, for they have no need of their brightness: and the city has no need …
6 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
The Lord - Christ shall scatter all darkness and ignorance, and this light shall not wax, and wane, and suffer eclipses, and settings, as the sun and moon do, but shall be constant, without shadow of change. The glory - Always ministering matter of glorying in him.
7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. 8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? It is here promised that the gospel temple shall be very lightsome and very large.
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The sun shall be no more thy light by day,....
Thy God shall be thy glory. Note, God is the glory of those whose God he is and will be so to eternity. It is their glory that they have him for their God, and they glory in it; it is to them instead of beauty.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The sun shall be no more - A similar expression denoting the great prosperity and happiness of the church, occurs in Isa 30:26 (see the note at that place). The language here is exceedingly beautiful, and the idea is plain. It is designed to foretell the great glory which would exist in the church under the Messiah; a glory compared with which all that is furnished by the sun, moon, and stars would be as nothing.
Neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee “Nor by night shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee” - This line, as it stands in the present text, seems to be defective. The Septuagint and Chaldee both express the night, which is almost necessary to answer to day in the preceding line, as well as to perfect the sense here. I therefore think that we ought, upon the authority of the Septuagint and Chaldee, to read either ולילה velailah, and by night, instead of ולנגה ulenogah, and for brightness; or ולנגה בלילה ulenogah ballailah, adding the word בלילה ballailah, by night. - L.
The words behind it
19 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 |
| יִֽהְיֶה־ | yihyeh- | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָּ֨ךְ | lakh | to you | ||
| ע֤וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ | hashemesh | the sun | H8121 → | 134 times |
| לְא֣וֹר | leor | for light | H216 → | 121 times |
| יוֹמָ֔ם | yomam | by day | H3119 → | 50 times |
| וּלְנֹ֕גַהּ | ulenogah | and for brightness | H5051 → | 19 times |
| הַיָּרֵ֖חַ | haiyareach | the moon | H3394 → | 27 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָאִ֣יר | yair | it will shine | H215 → | 43 times |
| לָ֑ךְ | lakh | for you | ||
| וְהָיָה־ | vehayah- | and he will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָ֤ךְ | lakh | to you | ||
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְא֣וֹר | leor | <into> a light of | H216 → | 121 times |
| עוֹלָ֔ם | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
| וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ | velohayikh | and God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| לְתִפְאַרְתֵּֽךְ׃ | letifartekh | <into> splendor your | H8597 → | 51 times |
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִֽהְיֶה־it will be
yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times
לָּ֨ךְto you
lakh
ע֤וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙the sun
hashemeshH8121 →134 times
לְא֣וֹרfor light
leorH216 →121 times
יוֹמָ֔םby day
yomamH3119 →50 times
וּלְנֹ֕גַהּand for brightness
ulenogahH5051 →19 times
הַיָּרֵ֖חַthe moon
haiyareachH3394 →27 times
לֹא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָאִ֣ירit will shine
yairH215 →43 times
לָ֑ךְfor you
lakh
וְהָיָה־and he will become
vehayah-H1961 →3559 times
לָ֤ךְto you
lakh
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְא֣וֹר<into> a light of
leorH216 →121 times
עוֹלָ֔םperpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְand God your
velohayikhH430 →2601 times
לְתִפְאַרְתֵּֽךְ׃<into> splendor your
letifartekhH8597 →51 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
Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
it leads to
- Psalms 27:6
Then my head will be held high above my enemies around me. At His tabernacle I will offer sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.
- Psalms 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
- Genesis 15:1
After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
- Psalms 119:114
You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.
- Psalms 62:7
My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
- Psalms 27:6
Through
Psalms 36:9For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
it leads to
- John 8:12
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
- John 8:12
Through
Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
it leads to
- Isaiah 60:19–20
No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 60:19–20
Where this verse is studied
About Isaiah
This page draws on 13 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bonaventure, Collations on the Hexaemeron, Collation 23; Didymus the Blind, COMMENTARY ON ZECHARIAH 4:200-201; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; 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; Origen of Alexandria, AGAINST CELSUS 6:51; Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 19:60.19 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.