Isaiah 66:14
12 For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
13 As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”
When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
15 For behold, the LORD will come with fire— His chariots are like a whirlwind— to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.
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- BSB
- When you see, you will rejoice, and you will flourish like grass; then the hand of the LORD will be revealed to His servants, but His wrath will be shown to His enemies.
- KJV
- And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.
- WEB
- You will see it, and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones will flourish like the tender grass. The LORD’s hand will be known among his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
- ASV
- And ye shall see [it], and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the tender grass: and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants; and he will have indignation against his enemies.
- DARBY
- And ye shall see [this], and your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like the grass; and the hand of Jehovah shall be known toward his servants, and he will have indignation toward his enemies.
- BLB
- And you⁺ will see, and your⁺ heart will rejoice, and your⁺ bones like the grass will sprout; and the hand of YHWH will be known to His servants, and His indignation to His enemies.
- ÅB
- Og dere skal se det, og deres hjerte skal fryde seg, og deres ben skal grønnes som gresset, og det skal kjennes at Herrens hånd er med hans tjenere, men han skal vredes på sine fiender.
- OTB
- Når dere ser dette, vil deres hjerte glede seg, og deres ben vil blomstre som det nye gresset; Herrens hånd vil bli kjent for hans tjenere, men han vil være harm mot sine fiender.
- B1930
- Og I skal se det, og eders hjerte skal fryde sig, og eders ben skal grønnes som gresset, og det skal kjennes at Herrens hånd er med hans tjenere, men han skal vredes på sine fiender.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 10:7
Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 3:8
This will bring healing to your body and refreshment to your bones.
Read in contextEzra 8:31
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:1–14
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by His Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.
Read in contextEzra 8:22
For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”
Read in contextEzra 7:9
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.
Read in contextProverbs 17:22
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
Read in contextMalachi 3:18
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
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