Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.
- KJV Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
- NKJV Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will see the land that is very far off.
- NASB ¶Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will see a distant land.
- NLT Your eyes will see the king in all his splendor, and you will see a land that stretches into the distance.
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Quick answer
God's people are promised they will behold the king in his beauty and see a far-reaching land of blessing.
Overview
After the threat passes, the people will see their king in glory and a wide, restored land, in contrast to the present siege. While pointing first to deliverance in Hezekiah's day, the promise reaches beyond it. It anticipates the greater King, Christ, whom the redeemed will see in his beauty, and the everlasting kingdom he brings.
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- Zech 9:17How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
- John 14:21Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
- 2 Cor 4:18So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
- John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Isa 6:5Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
- John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
- Isa 32:1–2Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
- Isa 26:15You have enlarged the nation, O LORD; You have enlarged the nation. You have gained glory for Yourself; You have extended all the borders of the land.
- Isa 37:1On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
- Matt 17:2There He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.
- Ps 45:2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
- Ps 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
- Song 5:10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
- 2 Chr 32:23Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
- Heb 11:13–15All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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