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“Then all your people will be righteous; They will possess the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified.
Isaiah 60:21 · New American Standard Bible
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  • WEB Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
  • KJV Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
  • BSB Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.
  • NKJV Also your people shall all be righteous; They shall inherit the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified.
  • NLT All your people will be righteous. They will possess their land forever, for I will plant them there with my own hands in order to bring myself glory.

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Quick answer

All Zion's people will be righteous and inherit the land forever as the work of God's hands, for His glory. God makes His people righteous to display His own glory.

Overview

The Lord declares that all His people will be righteous and possess the land forever, being the branch of His planting and the work of His hands, that He may be glorified. Their righteousness is God's own gift and work. This anticipates the gospel, in which believers are made righteous in Christ, a new creation fashioned by God for the praise of His glory.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 30

  • Matt 15:13But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.
  • Ps 37:22For such as are blessed by him shall inherit the land. Those who are cursed by him shall be cut off.
  • Ps 37:11But the humble shall inherit the land, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
  • Isa 29:23But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they will sanctify my name. Yes, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
  • John 15:2Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
  • Isa 61:3to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.
  • Ps 92:13They are planted in Yahweh’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.
  • Isa 57:13When you cry, let those whom you have gathered deliver you; but the wind will take them. a breath will carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.”
  • Eph 2:7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
  • Eph 2:10For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
  • Isa 43:21the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.
  • Isa 61:7Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land, they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them.
  • Isa 62:4You will not be called Forsaken any more; nor will your land be called Desolate any more: but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married.
  • Matt 5:5Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
  • Rev 21:27There will in no way enter into it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
  • Isa 45:11Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker says: “You ask me about the things that are to come, concerning my sons, and you command me concerning the work of my hands!
  • Isa 52:1Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.
  • Isa 43:7everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’”
  • Isa 51:2Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you; for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
  • Isa 19:25because Yahweh of Armies has blessed them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”
  • Eph 1:12to the end that we should be to the praise of his glory, we who had before hoped in Christ:
  • 2 Th 1:10when he comes to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired among all those who have believed (because our testimony to you was believed) in that day.
  • Isa 44:23Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.
  • Eph 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely gave us favor in the Beloved,
  • 2 Pet 3:13But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
  • Isa 49:3He said to me, “You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.”
  • Zech 14:20–21In that day there will be on the bells of the horses, “HOLY TO YAHWEH”; and the pots in Yahweh’s house will be like the bowls before the altar.
  • Rev 5:10and made us kings and priests to our God, and we will reign on the earth.”
  • Rev 21:7He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
  • Isa 4:3–4It will happen, that he who is left in Zion, and he who remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even everyone who is written among the living in Jerusalem;

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Christ at the center

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).

How Isaiah 60:21 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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