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Isaiah 62:9
For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses Judah after swearing to withhold their harvest from enemies, immediately preceding the command to clear the highway for the people's return.
The words — יֹאכְלֻהוּ (yokheluhu) and יִשְׁתֻּהוּ (yishtuhu) literally mean "they will eat it" and "they will drink it," emphasizing direct consumption of the produce.
The thread — This promise of consuming the fruit of one's labor before God echoes the Deuteronomy commands to rejoice and eat in the place He chooses (Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 12:7).
Why it lands — The text establishes that restored access to God's presence guarantees secure enjoyment of the work one has toiled to produce.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 16:11 and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
- Deuteronomy 12:7 There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 12:12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
- Deuteronomy 14:23 And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
- Deuteronomy 16:14 And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.