The bolded scriptural citation will take you to additional translations. The entire chapter is included to provide context.
Information about the meaning the original Hebrew of what seem to be key words is provided in blue.
Excerpts collected in yellow at the end of this post tell us something about God’s nature or our relationship to Him.
Thus says the LORD:
I know their works and their thoughts, and I come to gather nations of every language; they shall come and see my glory.
I will set a sign among them; from them I will send fugitives to the nations: to Tarshish, Put and Lud, Mosoch, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have never heard of my fame, or seen my glory; and they shall proclaim my glory among the nations.
They shall bring all your brothers and sisters from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, on horses and in chariots, in carts, upon mules and dromedaries, to Jerusalem, my holy mountain, says the LORD, just as the Israelites bring their offering to the house of the LORD in clean vessels.
Some of these I will take as priests and Levites, says the LORD.
works = מַעֲשֶׂה = maʿăśê Blue Letter Bible deed, thing done, act; work, labour; undertaking, enterprise; achievement; thing made; product
thoughts = מַחֲשָׁבָה = maḥăšāḇâ Blue Letter Bible thought; intention; device; plan, purpose; invention; contrivance; imagination; projects
gather = קָבַץ = qāḇaṣ Blue Letter Bible collect, gather, assemble; take with the hand; take hold of; heap; grasp; collect; congregate; take away, draw in, withdraw
every = כֹּל = kol Blue Letter Bible the whole; any, each, every, anything; totality, everything, of all kinds, every sort
nations = גּוֹי = gôy Blue Letter Bible nation, people; confluence of men
come = בּוֹא = bô' Blue Letter Bible to go in, enter, come, go, come in; to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring upon; carry; fetch; follow; entering into specific relations; walk, associate with
see = רָאָה= rā'â Blue Letter Bible to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider; learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out; consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish; gaze at; enjoy, have experience, take heed; spy, stare; enjoy the light; be pleased with the sight; provide or care for, go to see
glory = כָּבוֹד = kāḇôḏ Blue Letter Bible glory, honour, glorious, abundance; weight, but only figuratively in a good sense; heaviness; splendor or copiousness; dignity of position; reputation, of character; majesty
set= שׂוּם = suwm Blue Letter Bible to put, place, set, appoint, make; ordain, establish, found, appoint, constitute, make, determine, fix; set in place, plant, fix; cast in; steadfastly; prepare; station
sign = אוֹת = 'ôṯ Blue Letter Bible sign, signal; a distinguishing mark; banner; remembrance; miraculous sign; omen; warning; portent; token; attestation; ensign, standard; miracle; proof, evidence; beacon; monument; changes of weather, heavens, times
send = שָׁלַח = šālaḥ Blue Letter Bible stretch out; extend, direct; to shoot forth (of branches); reach forth; sow, spread, stretch forth; to send, send away; to let loose; to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out or away; to let go, set free; to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled; forsake, give (up); eave, let depart; drive cattle to pasture
fugitives = פָּלִיט = pālîṭ Blue Letter Bible refugee, fugitive, escaped one; one who has escaped by flight
distant = רָחוֹק = rāḥôq Blue Letter Bible remote, far, distant; from afar; arduous, difficult; long ago
heard = שָׁמַע = šāmaʿ Blue Letter Bible listen to, obey; perceive by ear; to hear with attention or interest, listen to; give heed; to consent, agree; yield to; to obey, be obedient; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.); to hear and answer
fame = שֵׁמַע = šēmaʿ Blue Letter Bible report, a hearing; something heard; announcement
seen—see “see” above
glory—see above
proclaim = נָגַד = nāḡaḏ Blue Letter Bible to be conspicuous, tell, make known; to tell, announce, report; make known, expound; to inform of; to publish, declare; to avow, acknowledge, confess; stand boldly out; to manifest; to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); to expose, predict, explain, praise; profess; utter; be in front, be in sight; celebrate with praise; be courageous, vigorous, effective, be apparent; declare, make known, expound, especially of something before not understood, concealed or mysterious
glory—see above
bring = בּוֹא = bô' Blue Letter Bible to go in, enter, come, go, come in; to bring in, cause to come in, gather, cause to come, bring near, bring upon; carry; fetch; follow; entering into specific relations; walk, associate with
all—see “every” above
clean = טָהוֹר = ṭâôr Blue Letter Bible pure, fair; clear; unmixed, unalloyed, unpolluted
vessel = כְּלִי = kᵊlî Blue Letter Bible vessel, implement, apparatus, utensil, instrument, tool; receptacle, sack
bring = לָקַח = lāqaḥ Blue Letter Bible to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire; to take and carry along; to take from, take out of, take, carry away, take away; to take (in the widest variety of applications)
What this scripture tells about God’s nature or our relationship to Him:
I know their works and their thoughts
I come to gather nations of every language
they shall come and see my glory
from them I will send fugitives to the nations
to the distant coastlands that have never heard of my fame, or seen my glory
they shall proclaim my glory among the nations.
They shall bring all your brothers and sisters from all the nations as an offering to the LORD
on horses and in chariots, in carts, upon mules and dromedaries, to Jerusalem
Some of these I will take as priests and Levites
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