Isaiah 60:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַמֵּךְ֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם צַדִּיקִ֔ים לְעוֹלָ֖ם יִ֣ירְשׁוּ אָ֑רֶץ נֵ֧צֶר *מטעו **מַטָּעַ֛י מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יָדַ֖י לְהִתְפָּאֵֽר

Transliteration

And your ʿammēk all of them ṣaddîqîm, to ʿôlām they will yîrĕšû ʾāreṣ, nēṣer maṭṭāʿay maʿăśēh of my yāday to hitpāʾēr.

Grammar Details

• *ʿammēk*: noun, masculine, singular, construct with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your people
• *ṣaddîqîm*: adjective, masculine, plural, absolute - righteous ones
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - everlasting/eternity
• *yîrĕšû*: verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they will possess/inherit
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun, feminine, singular, absolute - land/earth
• *nēṣer*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - branch/sprout
• *maṭṭāʿay*: noun, masculine, singular, construct with 1st person singular suffix - my planting
• *maʿăśēh*: noun, masculine, singular, construct - work/deed
• *yāday*: noun, feminine, dual, construct with 1st person singular suffix - my hands
• *hitpāʾēr*: verb, hithpael, infinitive construct - to glorify oneself/to be glorified

Word Meanings

• *ṣaddîqîm*: righteous ones/just ones
• *ʿôlām*: forever/everlasting/eternal
• *yîrĕšû*: they will possess/they will inherit/they will occupy
• *ʾāreṣ*: land/earth/ground/territory
• *nēṣer*: branch/sprout/shoot
• *maṭṭāʿay*: my planting/my plantation/what I have planted
• *hitpāʾēr*: to glorify oneself/to be glorified/to show glory

Referenced Verses

• Ps 37:22 : 22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit{H8799)} the earth; and they that be cursed{H8794)} of him shall be cut off{H8735)}.
• Matt 15:13 : 13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
• Ps 37:11 : 11 But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight{H8694)} themselves in the abundance of peace.
• Isa 29:23 : 23 But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel.
• Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
• Isa 45:11 : 11 Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
• Isa 52:1 : 1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
• Isa 43:7 : 7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
• Rev 21:27 : 27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
• John 15:2 : 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
• Eph 2:10 : 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
• 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe(because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
• 2 Pet 3:13 : 13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
• Rev 5:10 : 10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
• Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
• Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
• Eph 1:12 : 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
• Eph 2:7 : 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
• Isa 43:21 : 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise.
• Isa 44:23 : 23 Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
• Ps 92:13 : 13 Those that be planted{H8803)} in the house of the LORD shall flourish{H8686)} in the courts of our God.
• Isa 4:3-4 : 3 And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: 4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.
• Isa 19:25 : 25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
• Isa 57:13 : 13 When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;
• Isa 49:3 : 3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
• Isa 51:2 : 2 Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.
• Isa 61:7 : 7 For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
• Isa 62:4 : 4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
• Zech 14:20-21 : 20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts.
• Matt 5:5 : 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.