Isaiah 60:17

60:16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

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For brass I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, brass, and for stones, iron. I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness your ruler.

For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make your officers peace, and your exactors righteousness.

60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

What does Isaiah 60:17 mean?

Isaiah 60:17 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth), בּוֹא (bôwʼ), זָהָב (zâhâb).

Hebrew interlinear

For

brassנְחֹשֶׁתnᵉchôsheth/nekh-o'-sheth/H5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

will

bringבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

gold,זָהָבzâhâb/zaw-hawb'/H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

and

for

ironבַּרְזֶלbarzel/bar-zel'/H1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

will

bringבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

silver,כֶּסֶףkeçeph/keh'-sef/H3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

and

for

woodעֵץʻêts/ates/H6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)

brass,נְחֹשֶׁתnᵉchôsheth/nekh-o'-sheth/H5178copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as compared with gold or silver)

and

for

stonesאֶבֶןʼeben/eh'-ben/H68a stone

iron:בַּרְזֶלbarzel/bar-zel'/H1270iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

will

also

makeשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

thy

officersפְּקֻדָּהpᵉquddâh/pek-ood-daw'/H6486visitation (in many senses, chiefly official)

peace,שָׁלוֹםshâlôwm/shaw-lome'/H7965safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

and

thine

exactorsנָגַשׂnâgas/naw-gas'/H5065to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize

righteousness.צְדָקָהtsᵉdâqâh/tsed-aw-kaw'/H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 60:17.

Deuteronomy 28:23

And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Deuteronomy 33:25

Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. Thy shoes: or, Under thy shoes

Deuteronomy 8:9

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

Exodus 11:2

Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.

Exodus 12:35

And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:

Exodus 20:23

Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

Exodus 25:13

And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

Exodus 25:28

And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Frequently asked questions

What does Isaiah 60:17 say?

Isaiah 60:17 (King James Version) reads: "For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness."

Is Isaiah 60:17 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 60:17 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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