3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.
And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. …
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)It is here promised that the gospel temple shall be very lightsome and very large. I. It shall be very lightsome: Thy light has come . When the Jews returned out of captivity they had light and gladness, and joy and honour ; they then were made to know the Lord and to rejoice in his great goodness ; and upon both accounts their light came. When the Redeemer came to Zion he brought light with him,…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.