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Isaiah 65:10
Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh addresses the rebellious Israelites in Isaiah 65, contrasting the coming judgment on the unfaithful with the restoration promised to His elect servants. This declaration immediately follows the assurance that the chosen descendants will possess the mountains and dwell in the land.
The words — The Hebrew verb הָיָ֤ה (ha.Yah) literally means "it will become," indicating a definitive state change. עָכ֖וֹר (a.Khor) refers to the Valley of Achor, a site previously linked to divine judgment, which the text now designates as a resting place for cattle.
The thread — The Valley of Achor reappears in Hosea 2:15 as a transformed gateway of hope, while Isaiah 33:9 previously describes Sharon as a desert. Isaiah 35:2 later attributes the splendor of Lebanon, Carmel, and Sharon collectively to the restored land.
Why it lands — The text states that land once marked by failure will become pasture for those who seek God, then infers that divine restoration reverses human judgment. A reader must acknowledge that seeking God directly determines who inherits this transformed inheritance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 35:2 It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
- Isaiah 33:9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
- Hosea 2:15 There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
- Isaiah 51:1 “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
- Joshua 7:24 Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.
- Ezekiel 34:13 I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.