Isaiah 66:14
12 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
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.
15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
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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
And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
Read in contextProverbs 3:8
It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Read in contextEzra 8:31
Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
Read in contextEzekiel 37:1–14
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
Read in contextEzra 8:22
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Read in contextEzra 7:9
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
Read in contextProverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Read in contextMalachi 3:18
Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
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