Isaiah 60:21 “Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land for…”

Isaiah 60:21

Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy people also shalbe all righteous: they shall possesse the land for euer, the grasse of my planting shalbe the worke of mine handes, that I may be glorified.

Darby Translation

Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall possess the land for ever — the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

Young's Literal Translation

And thy people [are] all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified.

Bible in Basic English

Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.

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Cross references

“people”

Isaiah 51:2 Isaiah 62:4 Revelation 21:27 2 Peter 3:13 Isaiah 4:3 Isaiah 4:4

Isaiah 51:2 · BSB

Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who gave you birth. When I called him, he was but one; then I blessed him and multiplied him.

Isaiah 62:4 · BSB

No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.

Revelation 21:27 · BSB

But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.

2 Peter 3:13 · BSB

But in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells.

Isaiah 4:3 · BSB

Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy— all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—

Isaiah 4:4 · BSB

when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

“inherit”

Psalm 37:22 Psalm 37:11 Matthew 5:5 Revelation 5:10 Revelation 21:7

Psalm 37:22 · BSB

Surely those He blesses will inherit the land, but the cursed will be destroyed.

Psalm 37:11 · BSB

But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.

Matthew 5:5 · BSB

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

Revelation 5:10 · BSB

You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

Revelation 21:7 · BSB

The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.

“the branch”

Matthew 15:13 Isaiah 29:23 Isaiah 61:3 Psalm 92:13 John 15:2 Isaiah 43:7

Matthew 15:13 · BSB

But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

Isaiah 29:23 · BSB

For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.

Isaiah 61:3 · BSB

to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the L…

Psalm 92:13 · BSB

Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

John 15:2 · BSB

He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.

Isaiah 43:7 · BSB

everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”

“that I”

Isaiah 43:21 Ephesians 2:7 Isaiah 44:23 Isaiah 49:3 Ephesians 1:6 Ephesians 1:12

Isaiah 43:21 · BSB

The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.

Ephesians 2:7 · BSB

in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.

Isaiah 44:23 · BSB

Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel…

Isaiah 49:3 · BSB

He said to Me, “You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory.”

Ephesians 1:6 · BSB

to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

Ephesians 1:12 · BSB

in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.

Also

Isaiah 61:7 Isaiah 57:13 Isaiah 52:1 Isaiah 19:25

Isaiah 61:7 · BSB

Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

Isaiah 57:13 · BSB

When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”

Isaiah 52:1 · BSB

Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

Isaiah 19:25 · BSB

The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.

22The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.

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