Discovery BoxIsaiah 60:10-16
Context60:10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls;
their kings will serve you.
Even though I struck you down in my anger,
I will restore my favor and have compassion on you. 1
60:11 Your gates will remain open at all times;
they will not be shut during the day or at night,
so that the wealth of nations may be delivered,
with their kings leading the way. 2
60:12 Indeed, 3 nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;
such nations will be totally destroyed. 4
60:13 The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,
its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,
to beautify my palace; 5
I will bestow honor on my throne room. 6
60:14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you;
all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet.
They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’ 7
60:15 You were once abandoned
and despised, with no one passing through,
but I will make you 8 a permanent source of pride
and joy to coming generations.
60:16 You will drink the milk of nations;
you will nurse at the breasts of kings. 9
Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer,
[60:10] 1 tn Heb “in my favor I will have compassion on you.”
[60:11] 2 tn Or “led in procession.” The participle is passive.
[60:12] 3 tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); TEV “But.”
[60:12] 4 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
[60:13] 4 tn Or “holy place, sanctuary.”
[60:13] 5 tn Heb “the place of my feet.” See Ezek 43:7, where the Lord’s throne is called the “place of the soles of my feet.”
[60:14] 5 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
[60:15] 6 tn Heb “Instead of your being abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you.”
[60:16] 7 sn The nations and kings are depicted as a mother nursing her children. Restored Zion will be nourished by them as she receives their wealth as tribute.
[60:16] 8 tn Or “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.
[60:16] 9 sn See 1:24 and 49:26.
