KJV King James Version
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.
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Isaiah 60:10
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
WEB World English Bible
“Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.
ASV American Standard Version
And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And sons of a stranger have built thy walls, And their kings do serve thee, For in My wrath I have smitten thee, And in My good pleasure I have pitied thee.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 60
7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
8 Who [are] these [that] fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
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 shut day nor night; that [men] may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and [that] their kings [may be] brought.
12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, [those] nations shall be utterly wasted.
13 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.
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וּבָנ֤וּH1129 · ba.nahto buildבְנֵֽי־H1121 · benson: childנֵכָר֙H5236 · ne.kharforeignחֹמֹתַ֔יִךְH2346 · cho.mahwallוּמַלְכֵיהֶ֖םH4428 · me.lekhkingיְשָׁרְת֑וּנֶךְH8334 · sha.ratto ministerכִּ֤יH3588 · kiforבְקִצְפִּי֙H7110 · qe.tsephwrathהִכִּיתִ֔יךְH5221 · na.khahto smiteוּבִרְצוֹנִ֖יH7522 · ra.tsonacceptanceרִֽחַמְתִּֽיךְ׃H7355 · ra.chamto have compassion
Cross-references
Isaiah 61:5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien [shall be] your plowmen and your vinedressers.Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with [their] face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.Revelation 21:26And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.Isaiah 14:1-2For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.Zechariah 6:15And they [that are] far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And [this] shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.Revelation 21:24And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.Isaiah 60:3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.Psalm 30:5For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.Isaiah 57:17-18For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.Isaiah 54:7-8For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.Ezra 7:12-28Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect [peace], and at such a time.Isaiah 66:21And I will also take of them for priests [and] for Levites, saith the LORD.Nehemiah 2:7-9Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;Ezra 6:3-12In the first year of Cyrus the king [the same] Cyrus the king made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, [and] the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
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