Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your eyes will see the king in his beauty. They will see a distant land.
- BSB Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
- 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 9:17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
- John 14:21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
- 2 Cor 4:18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
- John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
- Isa 6:5Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
- John 17:24Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
- Isa 32:1–2Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
- Isa 26:15Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth.
- Isa 37:1And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
- Matt 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- Ps 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
- Ps 31:8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
- Song 5:10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
- 2 Chr 32:23And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
- Heb 11:13–15These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims 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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