Isaiah 60:13

The glorious/beautiful things in Lebanon will be brought to you— lumber from cypress trees and fir trees and pine trees — to be used to make my temple beautiful. When that is done, my temple [MTY] will truly be glorious!

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

In Context

12And the kingdoms and nations whose people refuse to allow you to rule them will be completely destroyed [DOU].

14The descendants of those who ◄oppressed you/treated you cruelly► will come and bow down to you; those who despised you will prostrate themselves in front of your feet. They will say that your city on Zion Hill is the City of Yahweh, where the Holy One of Israel lives.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 2:15“Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us.

Psalms 96:6Those who are in his presence honor him and can see that he is a great king. They can see in his temple that he is very powerful and is very beautiful.

Isaiah 35:2the desert will produce flowers abundantly; it will be as though everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as [SIM] the trees in Lebanon, as fertile [SIM] as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel areas. There people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent.

Isaiah 55:13Instead of thornbushes and briers, pine/cypress trees and myrtle trees will grow in your land. As a result of that, people will honor me much more; and what I do will remind everyone that I do what I have promised.”

Hosea 14:6Their good influence will spread like [MET] the branches of a tree. They will be like [SIM] beautiful olive trees, and they will be as delightful as [SIM] the aroma of the cedar trees in Lebanon.

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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