Isaiah 60:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

The sons

Isaiah 61:5

Isaiah 66:21

Zechariah 6:15

Their kings

In my wrath

General references

Isaiah 25:3

Isaiah 61:5

Bible References

The sons

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.

And of them also will I take for priests and for Levites, saith Jehovah.

And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of Jehovah; and ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this'shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of Jehovah your God.

Their kings

And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.

In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.

Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah;

And the nations shall walk amidst the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory into it.

In my wrath

And in that day thou shalt say, I will give thanks unto thee, O Jehovah; for though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away and thou comfortest me.

For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.

For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid my face and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning.

General references

Therefore shall a strong people glorify thee; a city of terrible nations shall fear thee.

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers.