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Isaiah 60:13

60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
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.

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

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.

The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, 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.

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.

What does Isaiah 60:13 mean?

Isaiah 60:13 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כָּבוֹד (kâbôwd), לְבָנוֹן (Lᵉbânôwn), בּוֹא (bôwʼ).

Hebrew interlinear

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The
gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôwd/kaw-bode'/H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
of
LebanonלְבָנוֹןLᵉbânôwn/leb-aw-nohn'/H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
shall
comeבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
unto
thee,
the
fir
tree,בְּרוֹשׁbᵉrôwsh/ber-osh'/H1265a cypress (?) tree; hence, a lance or a musical instrument (as made of that wood)
the
pine
tree,תִּדְהָרtidhâr/tid-hawr'/H8410enduring; a species of hard-wood or lasting tree (perhaps oak)
and
the
boxתְּאַשּׁוּרtᵉʼashshûwr/teh-ash-shoor'/H8391a species of cedar (from its erectness)
together,יַחַדyachad/yakh'-ad/H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
to
beautifyפָּאַרpâʼar/paw-ar'/H6286to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a tree
the
placeמָקוֹםmâqôwm/maw-kome'/H4725properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
of
my
sanctuary;מִקְדָּשׁmiqdâsh/mik-dawsh'/H4720a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of idols) or asylum
and
I
will
make
the
placeמָקוֹםmâqôwm/maw-kome'/H4725properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind)
of
my
feetרֶגֶלregel/reh'-gel/H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
glorious.כָּבַדkâbad/kaw-bad'/H3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)

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Excellency and Glory of the Church, theGlory

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 60:13.

Isaiah 41:19

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:

2 Chronicles 2:8

Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, algum: or, Almuggim, I.Kin.10.11.

2 Kings 19:23

By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. By: Heb. By the hand of tall: Heb. tallness, etc of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field

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What does Isaiah 60:13 say?

Isaiah 60:13 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Isaiah 60:13 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 60:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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