Isaiah 60:10

And the Bnei Nekhar shall build up thy chomot, 1 and their melachim shall minister unto thee; 1 for in My ketzef I struck thee, 1 but in My ratzon have I had rachamim on thee. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9Surely the iyim shall wait for Me, 1 and the oniyot (ships) of Tarshish will come first, 1 to bring thy banim from afar, 1 their kesef and their zahav with them, 1 unto the Shem of Hashem thy G-d, 1 and to the Kadosh Yisroel, 1 because He hath glorified thee. 1

11Therefore thy She'arim shall be open continually; 1 they shall not be shut yomam valailah; 1 that men may bring unto thee the chayil Goyim (wealth of the Nations), 1 and that their melachim may be led in procession. 1

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Cross References

Ezra 6:3In the first year of Koresh the Melech, Koresh the Melech made a decree concerning the Beis Elohim at Yerushalayim, Let the Beis + 6:3 Hamikdash be built, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

Nehemiah 2:7Moreover I said unto HaMelech, If it please HaMelech, let iggrot be given me to the governors Beyond the River, that they may provide me safe conduct till I come into Yehudah;

Isaiah 12:1And in Yom Hahu thou shalt say, 1 Hashem, I will praise Thee; 1 though Thou wast angry with me, 1 Thine anger is turned away, 1 and Thou comfortedst me. 1

Isaiah 49:23And melachim shall be thy omenim (foster fathers, supporters, nurturers), 1 and their sarot thy wet nurses; 1 they shall bow down before thee with their face toward eretz, 1 and lick the aphar of thy raglayim; 1 and thou shalt know that I am Hashem; 1 for they shall not be put to shame that wait for Me. 1

Isaiah 54:8With a little wrath 1 I hid My face from thee for a rega (moment); 1 but with chesed olam 1 will I have rachamim on thee, 1 saith thy Go'el, Hashem. 1

Isaiah 60:3And the Goyim shall walk by thy ohr, 1 and melachim by the brightness of thy shining. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 60:10-15

The Enlargement of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. 10 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. 11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be… Read the whole commentary →

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