Isaiah 60:21

Your people will all be righteous, and they will occupy the land forever, because I myself have put you there like people plant trees [MET] in order that you will show others that I am very great.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

In Context

20It will seem as though the sun and moon will always be shining [LIT], because I, Yahweh, will be an everlasting light for you. You will never again be sad because of things that happen to you.

22At that time, the groups that are very small now will become very large clans, and small clans will become great nations. All those things will happen because, I, Yahweh, will cause them to happen at the right time.”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 7:10Formerly, during the time that I appointed leaders for my Israeli people, many violent groups oppressed the Israelis. But this will not happen any more. I have chosen a place where my Israeli people can live peacefully and no one will disturb them any more. I will give them rest from being attacked by their enemies. And I will defeat all your enemies. I declare to you that I, Yahweh, will enable your descendants to rule after you die.

Psalms 37:18Every day Yahweh cares about those who have not done any evil things; the things that Yahweh gives them will last forever.

Psalms 37:29Righteous/Godly people will own the land that Yahweh promised to give to them, and they will live there forever.

Isaiah 4:3All the people who will remain in Jerusalem, who were not killed when Jerusalem was destroyed, whose names are listed among those who live there, will be called holy.

Isaiah 29:23When they see that I have blessed them by giving them many children and doing many other things for them, they will realize that I am the Holy One of Israel, and they will revere me, the God to whom they, the descendants of Jacob, belong.

Isaiah 43:21I will do that for the people whom I have created and chosen to belong to me, and some day they will cause many others to praise me.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 60:16-22

The Glory of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. 16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine… Read the whole commentary →

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