Isaiah 60:5

60:5 Then you will look and smile, ¹ 

you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. ² 

For the riches of distant lands ³  will belong to you

and the wealth of nations will come to you.

Hosea 1:10

The Restoration of Israel

1:10 (2:1) ⁴  However, ⁵  in the future the number of the people ⁶  of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although ⁷  it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are ⁸  children ⁹  of the living God!”

Zechariah 2:11

2:11 “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, ¹⁰  and they will also be my ¹¹  people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

Zechariah 8:20-23

8:20 The Lord who rules over all says, ‘It will someday come to pass that people – residents of many cities – will come. 8:21 The inhabitants of one will go to another and say, “Let’s go up at once to ask the favor of the Lord, to seek the Lord who rules over all. Indeed, I’ll go with you.”’ 8:22 Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord who rules over all and to ask his favor. 8:23 The Lord who rules over all says, ‘In those days ten people from all languages and nations will grasp hold of – indeed, grab – the robe of one Jew and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’” ¹² 

¹ tn Or “shine,” or “be radiant” (NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “and it will tremble and be wide, your heart.”

³ tn Heb “the wealth of the sea,” i.e., wealth that is transported from distant lands via the sea.

⁴ sn Beginning with 1:10, the verse numbers through 2:23 in the English Bible differ by two from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 1:10 ET = 2:1 HT, 1:11 ET = 2:2 HT, 2:1 ET = 2:3 HT, etc., through 2:23 ET = 2:25 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible are again the same.

⁵ tn The vav prefixed to וְהָיָה (véhaya) functions in an adversative sense: “however” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 71, §432).

⁶ tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV “the children”; NAB, NIV “the Israelites.”

⁷ tn Heb “in the place” (בִּמְקוֹם, bimqom). BDB 880 s.v. מָקוֹם 7.b suggests that בִּמְקוֹם (preposition בְּ, bet, + noun מָקוֹם, maqom) is an idiom carrying a concessive sense: “instead of” (e.g., Isa 33:21; Hos 2:1). However, HALOT suggests that it functions in a locative sense: “in the same place” (HALOT 626 s.v. מָקוֹם 2b; e.g., 1 Kgs 21:19; Isa 33:21; Hos 2:1).

⁸ tn The predicate nominative, “You are…,” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁹ tn Heb “sons” (so KJV, NASB, NIV).

¹⁰ tn Heb “on that day.” The descriptive phrase “of salvation” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹¹ tc The LXX and Syriac have the 3rd person masculine singular suffix in both places (“his people” and “he will settle”; cf. NAB, TEV) in order to avoid the Lord’s speaking of himself in the third person. Such resort is unnecessary, however, in light of the common shifting of person in Hebrew narrative (cf. 3:2).

¹² sn This scene of universal and overwhelming attraction of the nations to Israel’s God finds initial fulfillment in the establishment of the church (Acts 2:5-11) but ultimate completion in the messianic age (Isa 45:14, 24; 60:14; Zech 14:16-21).