Isaiah 60:4

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Look all around you! They all gather and come to you– your sons come from far away and your daughters are escorted by guardians.

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  • Isa 49:18 : 18 Look all around you! All of them gather to you. As surely as I live,” says the LORD,“you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry; you will put them on as if you were a bride.
  • Isa 49:20-22 : 20 Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing,‘This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.’ 21 Then you will think to yourself,‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’” 22 This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
  • Isa 66:11-12 : 11 For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. 12 For this is what the LORD says:“Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees.
  • Matt 8:11 : 11 I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,
  • John 4:35 : 35 Don’t you say,‘There are four more months and then comes the harvest?’ I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest!
  • Acts 13:44 : 44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.
  • Gal 3:28-29 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.
  • Isa 11:12 : 12 He will lift a signal flag for the nations; he will gather Israel’s dispersed people and assemble Judah’s scattered people from the four corners of the earth.
  • Isa 42:6 : 6 “I, the LORD, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations,
  • Isa 43:6 : 6 I will say to the north,‘Hand them over!’ and to the south,‘Don’t hold any back!’ Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 60:5-11
    7 verses
    81%

    5Then you will look and smile, you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. For the riches of distant lands will belong to you and the wealth of nations will come to you.

    6Camel caravans will cover your roads, young camels from Midian and Ephah. All the merchants of Sheba will come, bringing gold and incense and singing praises to the LORD.

    7All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. They will go up on my altar acceptably, and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.

    8Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?

    9Indeed, the coastlands look eagerly for me, the large ships are in the lead, bringing your sons from far away, along with their silver and gold, to honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has bestowed honor on you.

    10Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you.

    11Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way.

  • Isa 60:1-3
    3 verses
    80%

    1Zion’s Future Splendor“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the LORD shines on you!

    2For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the LORD shines on you; his splendor appears over you.

    3Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.

  • Isa 49:21-23
    3 verses
    78%

    21Then you will think to yourself,‘Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?’”

    22This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

    23Kings will be your children’s guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the LORD; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame.

  • Isa 49:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart.

    18Look all around you! All of them gather to you. As surely as I live,” says the LORD,“you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry; you will put them on as if you were a bride.

  • Isa 43:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.

    6I will say to the north,‘Hand them over!’ and to the south,‘Don’t hold any back!’ Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

  • Isa 54:13
    75%

    13All your children will be followers of the LORD, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.

  • Deut 28:32
    75%

    32Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it.

  • Isa 60:14-16
    3 verses
    74%

    14The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you,‘The City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’

    15You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations.

    16You will drink the milk of nations; you will nurse at the breasts of kings. Then you will recognize that I, the LORD, am your deliverer, your protector, the Powerful One of Jacob.

  • Jer 13:20
    74%

    20Then I said,“Look up, Jerusalem, and see the enemy that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? Where now are the‘sheep’ that you take such pride in?

  • Ps 45:16
    73%

    16Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

  • Jer 31:8
    73%

    8Then I will reply,‘I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.

  • Isa 66:12
    72%

    12For this is what the LORD says:“Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees.

  • Isa 62:5
    72%

    5As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

  • Isa 54:15
    72%

    15If anyone dares to challenge you, it will not be my doing! Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated.

  • Ps 128:6
    72%

    6and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace!

  • Isa 54:3
    71%

    3For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your children will conquer nations and will resettle desolate cities.

  • Deut 28:41
    71%

    41You will bear sons and daughters but not keep them, because they will be taken into captivity.

  • Isa 52:8
    71%

    8Listen, your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes the LORD’s return to Zion.

  • Isa 5:26
    71%

    26He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly.

  • Isa 39:7
    71%

    7‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

  • Mic 4:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10Twist and strain, Daughter Zion, as if you were in labor! For you will leave the city and live in the open field. You will go to Babylon, but there you will be rescued. There the LORD will deliver you from the power of your enemies.

    11Many nations have now assembled against you. They say,“Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!”

  • Ezek 14:22
    70%

    22Yet some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their behavior and their deeds, you will be consoled about the catastrophe I have brought on Jerusalem– for everything I brought on it.

  • Isa 62:2
    70%

    2Nations will see your vindication, and all kings your splendor. You will be called by a new name that the LORD himself will give you.

  • 2 Kgs 20:18
    70%

    18‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

  • Isa 61:5
    70%

    5“Foreigners will take care of your sheep; foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.

  • Isa 62:11
    70%

    11Look, the LORD announces to the entire earth:“Say to Daughter Zion,‘Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!’”

  • Isa 33:17
    70%

    17You will see a king in his splendor; you will see a wide land.

  • Mal 1:5
    70%

    5Your eyes will see it, and then you will say,‘May the LORD be magnified even beyond the border of Israel!’”

  • Isa 61:9
    70%

    9Their descendants will be known among the nations, their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will recognize that the LORD has blessed them.”

  • Mic 4:8
    70%

    8As for you, watchtower for the flock, fortress of Daughter Zion– your former dominion will be restored, the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.

  • Jer 31:17
    69%

    17Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the LORD, affirm it!

  • Jer 6:3
    69%

    3Kings will attack it with their armies. They will encamp in siege all around it. Each of them will devastate the portion assigned to him.

  • Zeph 3:10
    69%

    10From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, those who pray to me, my dispersed people, will bring me tribute.

  • Jer 50:41
    69%

    41“Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth.

  • Ps 45:10
    69%

    10Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family!