Isaiah 60:18

Violence will no longer be heard in your land, or devastation nor shattering within your borders; 1 but you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. 1

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In The King James Version

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

In Context

17Instead of bronze I will bring gold, instead of iron I will bring silver; 1 instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. I will appoint peace as your governors, and justice your rulers. 1

19The sun will no longer be your light by day, 1 nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you; 1 but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God your glory. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 72:3May the mountains produce peace for the people; 1 may the hills produce righteousness. 1

Isaiah 11:9They will not hurt nor destroy on all my holy mountain; 1 for the earth will be full of knowledge of Yahweh, as the waters cover the sea.

Micah 4:3He will judge among many peoples 1 and will decide concerning numerous nations far away. 1 They will beat their swords into plowshares 1 and their spears into pruning hooks. 1 Nation will not lift up sword against nation, 1 nor will they train for war any longer. 1

Zechariah 9:8I will camp around my land against enemy armies, + 9:8 Most interpreters translate the Hebrew words as against enemy armies and some translate the Hebrew as a guard, and so translate the phrase, I will surround my temple as a guard . so no one can pass through or return, for no oppressor will overrun them, for now I see with my own eyes! 1

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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