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Isaiah 60

Isa. 60:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A little one
qatan (Hebrew #6996)
from 6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
KJV usage: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: kaw-tawn'
Origin: or qaton {kaw-tone'}
shall become a thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
, and a small one
tsa`iyr (Hebrew #6810)
from 6819; little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
KJV usage: least, little (one), small (one), + young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: tsaw-eer'
Origin: or tsanowr {tsaw-ore'}
a strong
`atsuwm (Hebrew #6099)
passive participle of 6105; powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous
KJV usage: + feeble, great, mighty, must, strong.
Pronounce: aw-tsoom'
Origin: or matsum {aw-tsoom'}
nation
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
: I the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
will hasten
chuwsh (Hebrew #2363)
to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
KJV usage: (make) haste(-n), ready.
Pronounce: koosh
Origin: a primitive root
it in his time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 66:8• 8Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Can a land be made to bring forth in one day? shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her sons. (Isa. 66:8)
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Dan. 2:35,44• 35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken in pieces together, and they became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever. (Dan. 2:35,44)
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Matt. 13:31‑32• 31Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of the heavens is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field;
 32which is less indeed than all seeds, but when it is grown is greater than herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and roost in its branches. (Matt. 13:31‑32)
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Acts 2:41• 41Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls. (Acts 2:41)
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Acts 5:14• 14and believers were more than ever added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;) (Acts 5:14)
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Rev. 7:9• 9After these things I saw, and lo, a great crowd, which no one could number, out of every nation and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palm branches in their hands. (Rev. 7:9)
I the Lord.
Isa. 5:19• 19who say, Let him hasten, let him speed his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! (Isa. 5:19)
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Hab. 2:3• 3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay. (Hab. 2:3)
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Luke 18:7• 7And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them? (Luke 18:7)
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Heb. 10:36• 36For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. (Heb. 10:36)
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2 Peter 3:8• 8But let not this one thing be hidden from you, beloved, that one day with the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (2 Peter 3:8)
• When the children of Israel are thus born again and righteous before their God, through the grace of their Redeemer, they will be multiplied as the last verse of our chapter tells us. At last God is able to make of them “a strong nation”. When the time arrives God will do it speedily. It will not be a long, drawn-out process, a kind of evolution, such as men love, but a swift action, of a sort that manifestly is a work of God. (“Isaiah 60:6-62:3” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The little one shall become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation: I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.