Cross references

Isaiah 60:9

Surely the islands

will wait for Me,

with the ships of Tarshish

in the lead,

to bring your children from afar,

with their silver and gold,

to the honor of the LORD your God,

the Holy One of Israel,

for He has glorified you.

Isaiah 60:9 BSB
  1. a Or coastlands
  2. b Or a fleet of trading ships

Isaiah 60:9 has 36 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 55:5 (6 votes) and Isaiah 2:16 (5 votes). 84 other verses point back to it. It links with 28 other books, from Genesis 9 to Revelation 21.

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Which verses does Isaiah 60:9 point to?

The 20 strongest of 36, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

  2. against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.

  3. On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  4. My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

  5. He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

  6. Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.

  7. Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

  8. I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations. And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”

  9. But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

  10. May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

  11. Joshua 9:92 votes
  12. For the king had the ships of Tarshish at sea with Hiram’s fleet, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.

  13. May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

Which verses point to Isaiah 60:9?

The 10 strongest of 84.