Isaiah 62:9

For those who harvest the grain will eat it and praise Yahweh, 1 and those who pick the grapes will drink the wine in the courts of my holy sanctuary.” 1

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In The King James Version

But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

In Context

8Yahweh has sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength, 1 “Surely I will no longer give your grain as food for your enemies. 1 Foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have worked. 1

10Come through, come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! 1 Build it, build the highway! Gather out the stones! 1 Raise up a signal flag for the nations! 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:7It is there that you will eat before Yahweh your God and rejoice about everything that you have put your hand to, you and your households, where Yahweh your God has blessed you.

Deuteronomy 14:23You must eat before Yahweh your God, in the place that he will choose as his sanctuary, the tithe of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock; that you may learn to always honor Yahweh your God.

Deuteronomy 16:14You will rejoice during your festival—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, the Levite, and the foreigner, and the fatherless and the widow who are within your gates.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 62:7-10

The Prosperity of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord , keep not silence, 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:… Read the whole commentary →

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