Isaiah 60:17

Isaiah 60:17

15 “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
So that no one went through you,
I will make you an eternal excellence,
A joy of many generations.

16 You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles,
^aAnd milk the breast of kings;
You shall know that ^bI, the Lord, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

17 “Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
Instead of iron I will bring silver,
Instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
I will also make your officers peace,
And your magistrates righteousness.

18 Violence shall no longer be heard in your land,
Neither¹ wasting nor destruction within your borders;
But you shall call ^ayour walls Salvation,
And your gates Praise.

God the Glory of His People

19 “The ^asun shall no longer be your light by day,
Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you;
But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light,
And ^byour God your glory.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Poetically, with figurative allusion to the furniture of the temple; all things in that happy age to come shall be changed for the better.

exactors—namely, of tribute.

righteousness—All rulers in restored Jerusalem shall not only be peaceable and righteous, but shall be, as it were, "peace" and "righteousness" itself in their administration.

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 60:17:**

Deuteronomy 8:9
Isaiah 3:12
Jeremiah 6:28
Ezekiel 9:1
Zechariah 10:4

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