Your eyes will see the king in all his splendor, and you will see a land that stretches into the distance.
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.
- 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.
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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! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
- John 14:21One who has my commandments, and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
- 2 Cor 4:18while we don’t look 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 1:14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- Isa 6:5Then I said, “Woe is me! For I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, Yahweh of Armies!”
- John 17:24Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
- Isa 32:1–2Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
- Isa 26:15You have increased the nation, O Yahweh. You have increased the nation! You are glorified! You have enlarged all the borders of the land.
- Isa 37:1When king Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into Yahweh’s house.
- Matt 17:2He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his garments became as white as the light.
- Ps 45:2You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
- Ps 31:8You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
- Song 5:10My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
- 2 Chr 32:23Many brought gifts to Yahweh to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Judah; so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from then on.
- Heb 11:13–15These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having 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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