Isaiah 60 · Verse 10

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.
Isaiah 60:10, King James Version

Isaiah 60:10 in other translations

BSBForeigners 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“Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd 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.
DARBYAnd the sons of the alien 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.
BBEAnd men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.
WebsterAnd the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.

What does Isaiah 60:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. kings ... minister unto thee--(See on Is 60:7; Is 49:23). in my wrath I smote thee--(Is 54:7, 8; 57:17).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 60:9-14

God will be very gracious. We must begin with his promise, thence all mercies take rise. Many shall be brought into the church, even from far countries. Christ is always ready to receive all who come to him; and the gate of mercy is always open, night and day. All that are about the church shall be made serviceable to it. But those who will not be subject to Christ's golden sceptre, to his word and Spirit, who will…

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Isaiah 60:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבָנ֤וּu.va.Nuand they will rebuildH1129
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-sons ofH1121
נֵכָר֙ne.KharforeignnessH5236
חֹמֹתַ֔יִךְcho.mo.Ta.yikhwalls yourH2346
וּמַלְכֵיהֶ֖םu.mal.khei.Hemand kings theirH4428
יְשָׁרְת֑וּנֶךְye.sha.re.Tu.nekhthey will serve youH8334
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
בְקִצְפִּי֙ve.kitz.Piin wrath myH7110
הִכִּיתִ֔יךְhi.ki.TikhI struck youH5221
וּבִרְצוֹנִ֖יu.vir.tzo.Niand in favor myH7522
רִֽחַמְתִּֽיךְ\׃Ri.cham.TikhI have had compassion on youH7355

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Cross references for Isaiah 60:10

  • Isaiah 61:5

    And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

  • Isaiah 49:23

    And 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 21:26

    And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

  • Isaiah 60:3

    And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

  • Zechariah 6:15

    And 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.

  • Isaiah 14:1-2

    For 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. And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

  • Revelation 21:24

    And 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 12:1

    And 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 54:7-8

    For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.

  • Isaiah 57:17-18

    For 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. I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

  • Psalms 30:5

    For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

  • Nehemiah 2:7-9

    Moreover 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; And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the sons.
61:5; 66:21; Zec 6:15
their kings.
3; 49:23; Ezr 6:3-12; 7:12-28; Ne 2:7-9; Re 21:24,26
in my wrath.
12:1; 54:7,8; 57:17,18; Ps 30:5

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Context

  • Isaiah 60:9

    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.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 60:11

    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.

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Isaiah 60:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los hijos de los extranjeros edificarán tus muros, y sus reyes te servirán; porque en mi ira te herí, mas en mi buena voluntad tendré de ti misericordia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les fils de l’étranger bâtiront tes murs, et leurs rois te serviront. Car dans ma colère je t’ai frappée, mais dans ma faveur j’ai eu compassion de toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne der Fremde werden deine Mauern bauen, und ihre Könige dich bedienen; denn in meinem Grimm habe ich dich geschlagen, aber in meiner Huld habe ich mich deiner erbarmt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ædificabunt filii peregrinorum muros tuos, et reges eorum ministrabunt tibi; in indignatione enim mea percussi te, et in reconciliatione mea misertus sum tui.