In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
Parallel translations
- WEB In that day, Yahweh of Armies will become a crown of glory, and a diadem of beauty, to the residue of his people;
- BSB On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,
- NKJV In that day the Lord of hosts will be For a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty To the remnant of His people,
- NASB On that day the Lord of armies will become a beautiful crown And a glorious wreath to the remnant of His people;
- NLT Then at last the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will himself be Israel’s glorious crown. He will be the pride and joy of the remnant of his people.
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Quick answer
In contrast to fading human glory, the Lord himself will be a crown of glory to His remnant.
Overview
Over against Ephraim's withering crown, God promises to be the true crown and diadem for the surviving remnant of His people. Lasting glory is found not in self but in God himself. This anticipates the believer's true crown in Christ, who is the glory and beauty of His redeemed people.
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Cross-references · 17
- 1 Pet 5:4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
- Isa 60:19The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
- Isa 62:3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
- Rom 11:5–6Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
- Isa 41:16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
- Jer 9:23–24Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- Job 29:14I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.
- Ps 90:16–17Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children.
- Isa 45:25In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
- 1 Cor 1:30–31But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
- 2 Cor 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
- Isa 10:20–21And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
- Zech 6:13–15Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
- Isa 11:16And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
- Isa 37:31–32And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
- Isa 60:1–3Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
- Luke 2:32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
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