Bible Strands
Isaiah 63:14
Like cattle going down to the valley, the Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. You led Your people this way to make for Yourself a glorious name.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker addresses God while recounting the Exodus journey, contrasting past divine guidance with a present plea for intervention.
The words — The text highlights ר֥וּחַ (Ru.ach) as the spirit and תְּנִיחֶ֑/נּוּ (te.ni.Che./nu) as the act of giving rest.
The thread — The motif of divine rest and guidance appears in Joshua 23:1 regarding rest from enemies, Isaiah 63:12 regarding the arm that led them, and Hebrews 4:8 regarding a rest beyond Joshua’s era.
Why it lands — The verse states that God’s Spirit provided rest to His people and that He guided them to establish His name. It requires a reader to acknowledge that divine guidance precedes and secures human rest.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name.
Cross-references
- Joshua 23:1 A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,
- Isaiah 63:12 who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown,
- Hebrews 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
- Numbers 14:21 “Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
- Joshua 22:4 And now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised them, you may return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you across the Jordan.
- 2 Samuel 7:23 And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
- 1 Chronicles 29:13 Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
- Nehemiah 9:5 Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”
- Ephesians 1:6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.