Isaiah 18:7 Meaning
In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
Context Explained
5For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.
6They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
7In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Hebrews 13:15
Both verses discuss bringing offerings to God as an act of worship.
Malachi 1:11
This verse echoes the theme of bringing offerings to the Lord from all nations.
Revelation 21:24
This verse anticipates nations bringing glory to God in the New Jerusalem.
Source: Isaiah 18:7