Isaiah 60:10

“And foreigners will build your walls, and their kings will serve you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had compassion on you.”

Isaiah 60:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 60:10, word by word

And foreignersבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “vene” appears
And foreignersנֵכָרnechar

foreign

What is foreign; "son of a foreigner" is someone of another people.

Where else “nechar” appears
will buildבָנוּvanu

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

Where else “vanu” appears
your wallsחֹמֹתַיִchomotayi

wall

Wall, city wall.

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and their kingsמַלְכֵיmalche

king

A king who rules a people.

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will serve youיְשָׁרְתוּyeshartu

attend

To wait on someone closely.

Where else “yeshartu” appears
in my wrathקִצְפִּkitspi

wrath

A violent anger poured out on someone, above all YHWH's.

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I struck youהִכִּיתִיhikiti

punish

God punishes with a plague.

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but in my favorרְצוֹנִretsoni

favor

The goodwill with which one looks on another.

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I have had compassion on youרִחַמְתִּיrichamti

have compassion

To feel tenderness for someone, like a mother for her child.

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The context

9For the coastlands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of YHWH your Elohim, and for the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you.

10 · This verse (above)

11And your gates will be open continually; day and night they will not be shut, to bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings being led.

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