What Does Isaiah 60:7 Mean in the King James?

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

Isaiah 60:7 · KJV

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THE KEY

Hebrew repeats one root for the house’s splendor and God’s act of making it splendid, so divine glory arrives as beauty bestowed on the house.

THE MEANING

What is far away gathers toward you; its strength becomes service, and its offering rises in welcome. The house of divine splendor is being made splendid, as what arrives is received into a dwelling of beauty.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that what comes from far away cannot belong in the sacred: here, the distant flocks are gathered, serve, and rise on the altar in acceptance.

THE ROOT

תִּפְאַרְתִּי

tif'arti

GROWS FROM

פָּאַר

pa'ar

To adorn, beautify, or make splendid.

“glory / glorify” in this verse is tif'arti. English separates “glory” from “glorify,” but both words here grow from ⁨פאר⁩. The verse says, in effect, “the house of my splendor I will make splendid,” presenting glory as beauty made visible in the house.

ALSO GROWS

tif'eret: Splendor, beauty.

תִּפְאֶרֶת

This noun belongs to the same root as the house’s “glory” in the verse.

pe'er: Adornment, headdress, beauty.

פְּאֵר

Isaiah 61:3 uses this word for the beauty given in place of ashes, making splendor concrete.

רָצוֹן

ratzon

GROWS FROM

רצה

ratsah

To be pleased with, accept, or favor.

Ratzon carries the sense of favor and pleasure as well as acceptance. The offering’s ascent and its welcome belong together: it rises on the altar as something received with favor.

ALSO GROWS

ratsah: To be pleased with, accept.

רָצָה

This verb shares the root of “acceptance,” linking acceptance with being received favorably.

ratzui: Pleasing, acceptable.

רָצוּי

This related form shows the same root describing what is welcomed.

THE PATTERN

What is gathered under God’s presence becomes shared service, an offering, and a dwelling.

When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.

Psalm 102:22 · KJVGathered peoples move together into service, echoing the flocks gathered to serve in Isaiah’s verse.

And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

John 11:52 · KJVThose who are scattered are gathered into one, the same movement from separation toward assembly.

Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 2:5 · KJVThose built together as a house become a priesthood offering sacrifices, joining dwelling, service, and acceptance.

THE THREAD

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.

Isaiah 61:3 · KJV

The word translated “beauty,” ⁨פְּאֵר⁩ (pe’er), shares the root ⁨פאר⁩ with “splendor” and “I will glorify” in Isaiah 60:7. Together, the verses show glory as adornment made visible: beauty takes the place of ashes, and the house is made splendid.

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