Isaiah 60 · Verse 11

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.

Isaiah 60:11, King James Version

Isaiah 60:11 in other translations

BSB	Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
WEB	Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
ASV	Thy gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
YLT	And opened have thy gates continually, By day and by night they are not shut, To bring unto thee the force of nations, Even their kings are led.
DARBY	And thy gates shall stand open continually: (they shall not be shut day nor night,) that the wealth of the nations may be brought unto thee, and that their kings may be led to thee.
BBE	Your doors will be open at all times; they will not be shut day or night; so that men may come into you with the wealth of the nations, with their kings at their head.
Webster	Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring to thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

What does Isaiah 60:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

11. (Re 21:25). The gates are ever open to receive new offerings and converts (Is 26:2; Ac 14:27; Re 3:8). In time of peace the gates of a city are open: so, under the Prince of peace, there shall be no need of barring gates against invaders. forces--riches. be brought--as willing captives to the truth; or, if not willingly, be bought by judgments to submit to Israel (Is 60:12, 14). Gesenius explains it, "may come escorted by a retinue."

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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 60:11 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.

וּפִתְּח֨וּu.fi.te.Chuand they will be openH6605

שְׁעָרַ֧יִךְshe.'a.Ra.yikhgates yourH8179

תָּמִ֛ידta.MidcontinuallyH8548

יוֹמָ֥םyo.Mamby dayH3119

וָלַ֖יְלָהva.Lay.lahand nightH3915

לֹ֣אlo'notH3808

יִסָּגֵ֑רוּyi.sa.Ge.ruthey will be shutH5462

לְהָבִ֤יאle.ha.Vi'to bringH935

אֵלַ֙יִךְ֙'e.La.yikhto youH413

חֵ֣ילcheil[the] wealth ofH2428

גּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimnationsH1471

וּמַלְכֵיהֶ֖םu.mal.khei.Hemand kings theirH4428

נְהוּגִֽים\׃ne.hu.Gim[will be] ledH5090

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Isaiah 60:11

Revelation 21:25-26
And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
Isaiah 60:5
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.
Isaiah 60:18
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
Isaiah 62:10
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
Psalms 149:8
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Therefore.The subject of this chapter, says Bp. Lowth, is the great increase and flourishing state of the church of God, by the conversion and accession of the heathen nations to it; which is set forth in such ample and exalted terms, as plainly shew that the full completion of this prophecy is reserved for future times. This subject is displayed in the most splendid colours, under a great variety of images highly poetical, designed to give a general idea of the glories of that perfect state of the church of God, which we are taught to expect in the latter times; when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in, and the Jews shall be converted and gathered from their dispersions, and "the kingdom of this world shall become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ."
thy gates.
Ne 13:19; Re 21:25
forces. or, wealth.
5; *marg:

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Context

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.
Isaiah 60:12
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

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Isaiah 60:11 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Tus puertas estarán de continuo abiertas; no se cerrarán de día ni de noche; para que sea traída á ti fortaleza de gentes, y sus reyes conducidos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et tes portes seront continuellement ouvertes (elles ne seront fermées ni de jour ni de nuit), pour que te soient apportées les richesses des nations, et pour que leurs rois te soient amenés.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und deine Tore werden beständig offen stehen; Tag und Nacht werden sie nicht geschlossen werden, um zu dir zu bringen den Reichtum der Nationen und ihre hinweggeführten Könige.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et aperientur portæ tuæ jugiter; die ac nocte non claudentur, ut afferatur ad te fortitudo gentium, et reges earum adducantur.