Isaiah 66:12
This is what Yahweh says, 1 “I am about to spread prosperity over her like a river, 1 and the riches of the nations like an overflowing stream. 1 You will nurse at her side, be carried in her arms, and be dandled on her knees. 1
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13As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you, and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.” 1
Cross References
Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, 1 as he rules on the throne of David, and over his kingdom, 1 to establish it and sustain it 1 with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and for evermore. 1 The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this. 1
Isaiah 45:14This is what Yahweh says, 1 “The earnings of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush with the Sabeans, men of tall stature, 1 will be brought to you. They will be yours. They will follow after you, coming in chains. 1 They will bow down to you and plead with you saying, 1 'Surely God is with you, and there is no other except him.'” 1
Isaiah 49:19Though you were a waste and desolate, a land that was in ruins, 1 now you will be too small for the inhabitants, and those who devoured you will be far away. 1
Isaiah 60:4Look all around and see. They all gather themselves together and come to you. 1 Your sons will come from far, and your daughters will be carried in their arms. 1
Isaiah 60:9The coastlands look for me, and the ships of Tarshish lead, 1 to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, 1 for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has honored you. 1
Isaiah 61:6You will be called the priests of Yahweh; they will call you servants of our God. 1 You will eat the wealth of the nations, and you will boast in their riches. 1
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:6-15
Encouragement to the Persecuted; The Enlargement of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 5 Hear the word of the Lord , ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the Lord be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. 6 A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendereth recompence to his enemies. 7 Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. 8… Read the whole commentary →