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Isaiah 54:3

For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

KJV

Ad dexteram enim et ad lævam penetrabis, et semen tuum gentes hæreditabit, et civitates desertas inhabitabit.

Vulgate

ἔτι εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ καὶ τὰ ἀριστερὰ ἐκπέτασον· καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου ἔθνη κληρονομήσει, καὶ πόλεις ἠρημωμένας κατοικιεῖς.

LXX

For thou shalt spread abroad on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall possess the nations, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

ASV

כִּי יָמִ֥ין וּ/שְׂמֹ֖אול תִּפְרֹ֑צִי וְ/זַרְעֵ/ךְ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם יִירָ֔שׁ וְ/עָרִ֥ים נְשַׁמּ֖וֹת יוֹשִֽׁיבוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
וֹ
v
noun · 54×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙
nshmv
verb · 86×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
פָּרַ֨ץ
prts
verb · 49×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 7:27 — And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dom
  • Ezek 36:35 — And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited.
  • Gen 28:14 — And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the
  • Gen 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
  • Isa 2:2 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unt
  • Isa 42:1 — Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
  • Isa 43:5 — Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
  • Isa 44:26 — That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise
  • Isa 49:8 — Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth
  • Isa 49:12 — Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
  • Isa 49:18 — Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bin
  • Isa 52:9 — Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
  • Isa 60:3 — And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
  • Isa 66:12 — For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon
  • Ps 72:8 — He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.