Isaiah 60 · Verse 14

Isaiah 60:14

The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 60:14, King James Version

Isaiah 60:14 in other translations

BSBThe sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
WEBThe sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you the LORD’s City, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
ASVAnd the sons of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
YLTAnd come unto thee, bowing down, Have sons of those afflicting thee, And bowed themselves to the soles of thy feet Have all despising thee, And they have cried to thee: ‘City of Jehovah, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.'
DARBYAnd the children of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
BBEAnd the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
WebsterThe sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending to thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

What does Isaiah 60:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. The sons--Their fathers who "afflicted" Israel having been cut off by divine judgments (Is 14:1, 2; 49:23). The Zion of the Holy One--The royal court of the Holy One. Maurer translates, "Zion, the sanctuary (holy place) of Israel" (Is 57:15; Psa 46:4).

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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 60:14 in the original Hebrew

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וְהָלְכ֨וּve.ha.le.Khuand they will comeH1980
אֵלַ֤יִךְ'e.La.yikhto youH413
שְׁח֙וֹחַ֙she.Cho.achby bowing downH7817
בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] children ofH1121
מְעַנַּ֔יִךְme.'a.Na.yikh[those who] afflicted youH6031
וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֛וּve.hish.ta.cha.Vuand they will bow downH7812
עַל\־'al-toH5921
כַּפּ֥וֹתka.Pot[the] soles ofH3709
רַגְלַ֖יִךְrag.La.yikhfeet yourH7272
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
מְנַֽאֲצָ֑יִךְme.na.'a.Tza.yikh[those who] despised youH5006
וְקָ֤רְאוּve.Ka.re.'uand they will callH7121
לָךְ֙loKh<to> you
עִ֣יר'ir[the] city ofH5892
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
צִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonZionH6726
קְד֥וֹשׁke.Do.oshof [the] holy [one] ofH6918
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for Isaiah 60:14

  • Revelation 3:9

    Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.

  • 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.

  • Hebrews 12:22

    But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

  • Isaiah 45:14

    Thus saith the Lord, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

  • Isaiah 1:26

    And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 62:12

    And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

  • Revelation 3:12

    Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

  • Jeremiah 16:19

    O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit.

  • Revelation 14:1

    And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s name written in their foreheads.

  • Psalms 87:3

    Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.

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sons.
14:1,2; 45:14; 49:23; Jer 16:19; Re 3:9
The city.
62:12; Ps 87:3; Heb 12:22; Re 3:12; 14:1

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Context

  • Isaiah 60:13

    The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

  • Isaiah 60:14

    The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

  • Isaiah 60:15

    Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

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Isaiah 60:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y vendrán á ti humillados los hijos de los que te afligieron, y á las pisadas de tus pies se encorvarán todos los que te escarnecían, y llamarte han Ciudad de Jehová, Sión del Santo de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les fils de tes oppresseurs viendront se courber devant toi, et tous ceux qui t’ont méprisée se prosterneront à la plante de tes pieds, et t’appelleront la ville de l’ Éternel, la Sion du Saint d’Israël.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und gebeugt werden zu dir kommen die Kinder deiner Bedrücker, und alle deine Schmäher werden niederfallen zu den Sohlen deiner Füße; und sie werden dich nennen: Stadt Jehovas, Zion des Heiligen Israels.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et venient ad te curvi filii eorum qui humiliaverunt te, et adorabunt vestigia pedum tuorum omnes qui detrahebant tibi: et vocabunt te civitatem Domini, Sion Sancti Israël.