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Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
Isaiah 60:5 · Berean Standard Bible
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  • WEB Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you.
  • KJV Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
  • NKJV Then you shall see and become radiant, And your heart shall swell with joy; Because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you.
  • NASB “Then you will see and be radiant, And your heart will thrill and rejoice; Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, The wealth of the nations will come to you.
  • NLT Your eyes will shine, and your heart will thrill with joy, for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands.

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Quick answer

Zion will be radiant and thrilled as the wealth of the nations and the abundance of the sea flow to her. God turns the resources of the world toward the blessing of His people.

Overview

Seeing the nations come, Zion's heart swells with joy as the wealth of the sea and the riches of the nations are brought to her. The picture is of God reversing exile and pouring blessing on His restored people. It anticipates the day when the glory and honor of the nations are brought into God's redeemed city (Rev 21:26), gathered through Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Isa 61:6But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.
  • Isa 23:18Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
  • Acts 10:45All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.
  • Ps 98:7–9Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
  • Hos 3:5Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
  • Jer 33:9So this city will bring Me renown, joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth, who will hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and prosperity that I will provide for it.
  • 1 Sam 2:1At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.
  • Ps 96:7–9Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
  • Isa 54:2“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
  • Ps 34:5Those who look to Him are radiant with joy; their faces shall never be ashamed.
  • Hos 1:10–11Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
  • Isa 60:11Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.
  • Isa 24:14–15They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.
  • Acts 11:17So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”
  • Acts 24:17After several years, then, I returned to Jerusalem to bring alms to my people and to present offerings.
  • 2 Cor 6:1–13As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
  • 2 Cor 10:15Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
  • Rev 21:26And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.
  • Rom 15:26For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
  • Rom 11:25I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.

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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 60:5 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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