Isaiah 60:5

3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

4 Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.

Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.

6 Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.

7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

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.

Compare

BSB
Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
KJV
Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
WEB
Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you.
ASV
Then thou shalt see and be radiant, and thy heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
DARBY
Then thou shalt see, and shalt be brightened, and thy heart shall throb, and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee.
BLB
Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and be enlarged, when the abundance of the sea is turned over to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.
ÅB
Da skal du se det og stråle av glede, og ditt hjerte skal banke og utvide seg; for havets rikdom skal vende seg til deg, folkenes gods skal komme til deg.
OTB
Da skal du se og stråle, og ditt hjerte skal banke og svulme av glede; havets rikdom skal bringes til deg, og folkenes skatter skal komme til deg.
B1930
Da skal du se det og stråle av glede, og ditt hjerte skal banke og utvide sig; for havets rikdom skal vende sig til dig, folkenes gods skal komme til dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 61:6

    But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.

    Read in context
  • Isaiah 23:18

    Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.

    Read in context
  • Psalms 98:7–9

    Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.

    Read in context
  • Acts 10:45

    All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

    Read in context
  • Isaiah 54:2

    “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.

    Read in context
  • Psalms 34:5

    Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.

    Read in context
  • 1 Samuel 2:1

    At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.

    Read in context
  • Acts 11:17

    So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

    Read in context