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Isaiah 60:8–9

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Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
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From verse 8

  1. Revelation 7:9Rank 1 from verse 8
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    9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

  2. Luke 13:29Rank 2 from verse 8
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    29And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

  3. Hebrews 12:1Rank 3 from verse 8
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    1WHEREFORE seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

  4. Isaiah 49:21Rank 4 from verse 8
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    21Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

  5. Isaiah 60:4Rank 5 from verse 8
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    4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

  6. Genesis 8:8–11Rank 6 from verse 8
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    8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

    9But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.

    10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;

    11And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

  7. Isaiah 45:22Rank 7 from verse 8
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    22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

From verse 9

  1. Isaiah 55:5Rank 1 from verse 9
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    5Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

  2. Isaiah 2:16Rank 2 from verse 9
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    16And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

  3. Isaiah 11:11Rank 3 from verse 9
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    11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  4. Isaiah 51:5Rank 4 from verse 9
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    5My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

  5. Galatians 4:26Rank 5 from verse 9
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    26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

  6. Isaiah 42:10Rank 6 from verse 9
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    10Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.

  7. Isaiah 42:4Rank 7 from verse 9
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    4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

  8. Isaiah 49:1Rank 8 from verse 9
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    1LISTEN, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

  9. Isaiah 66:19–20Rank 9 from verse 9
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    19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

    20And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Lord out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Lord.

  10. 1 Kings 10:1Rank 10 from verse 9
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    1AND when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.

  11. 1 Kings 10:22Rank 11 from verse 9
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    22For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

  12. 1 Kings 22:48Rank 12 from verse 9
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    48Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber.

  13. 1 Kings 8:41Rank 13 from verse 9
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    41Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

  14. 2 Corinthians 8:4–5Rank 14 from verse 9
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    4Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

    5And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.

  15. Acts 9:15Rank 15 from verse 9
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    15But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

  16. Exodus 33:19Rank 16 from verse 9
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    19And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

  17. Exodus 34:5–7Rank 17 from verse 9
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    5And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.

    6And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

    7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

  18. Galatians 3:26Rank 18 from verse 9
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    26For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

  19. Genesis 10:2–5Rank 19 from verse 9
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    2The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

    3And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

    4And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

    5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

  20. Genesis 9:27Rank 20 from verse 9
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    27God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

  21. Isaiah 14:1–2Rank 21 from verse 9
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    1FOR the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

    2And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

  22. Isaiah 43:4Rank 22 from verse 9
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    4Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

  23. Isaiah 43:6Rank 23 from verse 9
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    6I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

  24. Isaiah 52:1–6Rank 24 from verse 9
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    1AWAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

    2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

    3For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

    4For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

    5Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

    6Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.

  25. Isaiah 57:17Rank 25 from verse 9
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    17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.

  26. Isaiah 60:4Rank 26 from verse 9
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    4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

  27. Jeremiah 3:17Rank 27 from verse 9
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    17At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

  28. Jeremiah 30:19Rank 28 from verse 9
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    19And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

  29. John 17:26Rank 29 from verse 9
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    26And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  30. Joshua 9:9Rank 30 from verse 9
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    9And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the Lord thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

  31. Luke 2:32Rank 31 from verse 9
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    32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

  32. Proverbs 18:20Rank 32 from verse 9
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    20A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

  33. Psalms 68:30–31Rank 33 from verse 9
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    30Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war.

    31Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

  34. Psalms 72:10Rank 34 from verse 9
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    10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

  35. Zechariah 14:14Rank 35 from verse 9
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    14And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance.

  36. Zephaniah 2:11Rank 36 from verse 9
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    11The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

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Isaiah 60:8

COMBINED MEANING

fly

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Sense 1: To move through the air by wings. Sense 2: To flee, rush, or pass away swiftly. Sense 3: As a noun, a winged insect.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

cloud

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Sense 1: A visible mass of vapour in the sky. Sense 2: Figuratively, a covering or multitude.

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doves

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Sense 1: Doves or pigeons. Sense 2: Terms of endearment or figures of dove-like qualities.

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windows

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Sense 1: Openings in walls or structures that admit light, air, sight, or passage. Sense 2: Figures of openings in heaven.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Isaiah 60:9

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

wait

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Sense 1: To remain in expectation or readiness. Sense 2: To attend or serve. Sense 3: As a noun, an ambush or concealed watch.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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silver

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A precious white metal used for money, vessels, ornaments, images, trade, valuation, and refining; by extension, money or wealth reckoned in that metal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

name

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Sense 1: A word, appellation, or designation by which a person or thing is called or known. Sense 2: The person or persons named or represented. Sense 3: Reputation, character, renown, or remembrance. Sense 4: The authority, behalf, or standing represented by a name. Sense 5: As a verb, to call, designate, or mention by name.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

holy

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Sense 1: Morally pure, righteous, undefiled, and separate from evil; supremely so of God. Sense 2: Hallowed, consecrated, set apart, devoted, or belonging to God or sacred use; distinguished from what is common, profane, or unclean.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

Holy One

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A divine title used of the LORD and of Jesus Christ, often as the Holy One of Israel or the Holy One of God.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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glorified

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of glorify, meaning to honour, praise, magnify, exalt, make glorious, display glory in, or cause the excellence and worth of a person or name to be acknowledged.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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60:7All 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.

60:8Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

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60:9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

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60:10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

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