Isaiah 60:12

Isaiah 60:12

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

a. NLT: For the nations that refuse to serve you will be destroyed.

b. NIV: For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined.

c. YLT: For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted.

d. Amplified Bible: For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you in that day [Jerusalem] shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

e. Septuagint: For the nations and the kings which will not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be made utterly desolate.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: For the nation and kingdom that does not serve you will perish, and those nations will be utterly destroyed.

1. “For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish…”

a. the nation [1471 * gowy] [Strong: apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:--Gentile, heathen, nation, people.]

b. and kingdom [4467 * mamlakah] [Strong: from 4427; dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm):--kingdom, king's, reign, royal.]

c. serve [5647 * ‘abad] [Strong: a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.:--X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,]

1). It is not a misprint. The Hebrew words for “serve” and “perish” are spelled the same. There is an accent on “serve” that is not on “perish”.

d. perish [6 * abad] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy):--break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.]

1). The particular way specified in this verse, the way the nations of the world will serve Israel will be bringing their wealth into it.

a). Isaiah 60:11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

b). Revelation 21:24-26 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.

21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

21:26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.

2. “…yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.”

a. nation [1471 * gowy] [Strong: apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:--Gentile, heathen, nation, people.]

b. utterly [2717 * charab] [Strong: a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill:-- decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, X surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.]

c. wasted [2717 * charab] [Strong: a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill:-- decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, X surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.]

1). The nations who will not serve King Jesus, the King of Israel, by bringing tribute will be utterly wasted.