Isaiah 66:12 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 66:12

For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.

BSB

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ASV

For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream: and ye shall suck thereof; ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees.

KJV

For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For thus saith the Lord, behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,.... As the river Euphrates, so the Targum; or as the Nile, which overflowed Egypt, and made it fruitful; or as any flowing river, large and spreading, continuing to flow, and brings blessings with it where it comes; and so denotes the abundance of this peace, the perpetuity of it, and its blessed effects.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Like a river - It is plain this prophecy relates to a farther conversion of the Jews than hath been yet seen. Her sides - The Gentiles were born upon the sides of Jerusalem and dandled upon her knees, as first hearing from the Apostles (who were members of the Jewish church) the glad tidings of salvation.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

He that, &c. - Solomon, Prov. xv, 8, gives a full commentary on the whole verse; The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord. As if - From hence it is plain, that the prophet is not here reflecting upon idolatrous worship, but formal worship: upon those who in a formality worshipped the true God, and by acts which he had appointed.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Like a river, and - like a flowing stream “Like the great river, and like the overflowing stream” - That is, the Euphrates, (it ought to have been pointed כנהר cannahar, ut fluvius ille, as the river), and the Nile. Then shall ye suck “And ye shall suck at the breast” - These two words על שד al shad, at the breast, seem to have been omitted in the present text, from their likeness to the two words following; על צד al tsad, at the side. A very probable conjecture of Houbigant.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
כֹ֣ה׀	khoh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
הִנְנִ֣י	hi.Ni	here I	H2005 →
נֹטֶֽה־	no.teh-	[am] about to extend	H5186 →
אֵ֠לֶיהָ	'E.lei.ha	to it	H413 →
כְּנָהָ֨ר	ke.na.Har	like a river	H5104 →
שָׁל֜וֹם	sha.Lom	peace	H7965 →
וּכְנַ֧חַל	u.khe.Na.chal	and like a torrent	H5158 →
שׁוֹטֵ֛ף	sho.Tef	overflowing	H7857 →
כְּב֥וֹד	ke.Vod	[the] abundance of	H3519 →
גּוֹיִ֖ם	go.Yim	nations	H1471 →
וִֽינַקְתֶּ֑ם	vi.nak.Tem	and you will suck	H3243 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
צַד֙	tzad	a hip	H6654 →
תִּנָּשֵׂ֔אוּ	ti.na.Se.'u	you will be carried	H5375 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
בִּרְכַּ֖יִם	bir.Ka.yim	knees	H1290 →
תְּשָׁעֳשָֽׁעוּ׃	te.sho.'o.Sha.'u	you will be fondled	H8173 →

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 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.
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 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 66:11–12
  so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.
- Isaiah 66:14
  When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
- 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…
- Isaiah 43:3–4
  For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
Through
Isaiah 48:18
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:29
  If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
- Psalms 119:165
  Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
- Psalms 81:13–16
  If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,

About Isaiah

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

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