Isaiah 60:5

Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh addresses Zion directly in Isaiah 60, immediately after declaring in 60:4 that scattered descendants will return. The moment marks the transition from the gathering of people to the anticipated arrival of foreign wealth.

The words — תִּרְאִי (tir.'I) translates literally as "you will see," and נָהַ֔רְתְּ (na.Hart) means "you will be radiant." These verbs describe the immediate visual and emotional response to incoming wealth.

The thread — Isaiah 61:6 parallels the influx of material resources by stating the people will "feed on the wealth of nations." Psalm 98:7 commands the sea to resound with all its contents, establishing a recurring motif of creation acknowledging divine action.

Why it lands — The text demands a factual acknowledgment of God as the source of gathered wealth. It requires the reader to recognize that physical restoration follows divine instruction without attaching unwarranted theological claims to the surrounding references.

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The Hebrew words

אָ֤ז'azthen תִּרְאִי֙tir.'Iyou will see וְנָהַ֔רְתְּve./na.Hartand/ you will be radiant וּפָחַ֥דu./fa.Chadand/ it will be in awe וְרָחַ֖בve./ra.Chavand/ it will be enlarged לְבָבֵ֑ךְle.va.Ve/khheart/ your כִּֽי־ki-for יֵהָפֵ֤ךְye.ha.Fekhit will be turned over עָלַ֙יִךְ֙'a.La.yi/khon/ you הֲמ֣וֹןha.Mon[the] abundance of יָ֔םYam[the] sea חֵ֥ילcheil[the] wealth of גּוֹיִ֖םgo.Yimnations יָבֹ֥אוּya.Vo.'uthey will comeלָֽךְ׃La/khto/ you

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Isaiah 61:6 But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
Isaiah 23:18 Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
Psalms 98:7 Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
Acts 10:45 All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
1 Samuel 2:1 At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD; my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
Psalms 34:5 Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
Psalms 96:7 Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Isaiah 24:14 They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.
Isaiah 54:2 “Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
Isaiah 60:11 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.