Isaiah 60:16

“And you will suck the milk of nations, and the breast of kings you will suck; and you will know that I, YHWH, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isaiah 60:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 60:16, word by word

And you will suckיָנַקְתְּyanakt

suck

For a baby to take milk from his mother's breast.

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the milkחֲלֵבchalev

milk

Milk.

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of nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

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and the breastשֹׁדshod

breasts

Breasts (of a nursing mother).

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of kingsמְלָכִיםmelachim

king

A king who rules a people.

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and you will knowיָדַעַתְּyadaat

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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am your Saviorמוֹשִׁיעֵmoshie

save

To rescue someone from danger.

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and your Redeemerגֹאֲלֵgoale

Redeemer

YHWH, who rescues his people.

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the Mighty Oneאֲבִירavir

Mighty One

The Mighty One, the Strong One: a name given to God ("the Mighty One of Jacob").

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of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

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The context

15Instead of your being forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you an eternal pride, a rejoicing of generation after generation.

16 · This verse (above)

17Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron; and I will make your administration peace, and your taskmasters righteousness.

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