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Isaiah 60:17

PeaceJustice

15 Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.

16 You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

18 No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

19 No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
KJV
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 exactors righteousness.
WEB
For bronze I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness your ruler.
ASV
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 exactors righteousness.
DARBY
For bronze I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood bronze, and for stones iron; and I will make thine officers peace, and thy rulers righteousness.
BLB
In place of bronze I will bring gold, and in place of iron I will bring silver, and in place of the wood bronze, and in place of stones iron; I will appoint peace as your governor, and righteousness as your rulers.
ÅB
I stedet for kobber vil jeg gi gull, i stedet for jern vil jeg gi sølv, i stedet for tre kobber og i stedet for stein jern, og jeg vil gjøre fred til din øvrighet og rettferdighet til din styrer.
OTB
I stedet for bronse vil jeg bringe gull, og sølv i stedet for jern; i stedet for tre vil jeg bringe bronse, og jern i stedet for steiner. Jeg vil gjøre fred til din styresmann og rettferdighet til din oppsynsmann.
B1930
I stedet for kobber vil jeg gi gull, i stedet for jern vil jeg gi sølv, i stedet for tre kobber og i stedet for sten jern, og jeg vil gjøre fred til din øvrighet og rettferdighet til din styrer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hebrews 11:40

    God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

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  • Isaiah 30:26

    The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.

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  • Isaiah 1:26

    I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

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  • Zechariah 12:8

    On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

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  • 1 Kings 10:21–27

    All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

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  • 2 Peter 3:13

    But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

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  • Isaiah 32:1–2

    Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

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