Isaiah 62:9

Modern

For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”

Traditional

But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

Literal

For those who have gathered it will eat it and praise YHWH, and those harvesting will drink in My holy courts!”

Latin

Quia qui congregant illud, comedent, et laudabunt Dominum; et qui comportant illud, bibent in atriis sanctis meis.

Hebrew

English

For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”

The people would enjoy the results of their work (Isaiah 65:13, 22; see Leviticus 23:39–40; Deuteronomy 14:22–26). This is the opposite of what happened when God judged them (see Deuteronomy 28:38–40; Amos 5:11; Micah 6:14–15).

The servant here commits himself to proclaiming the good news continuously until the glory of Zion is realized.

Theme notes and profiles

Deuteronomy 16:11
…and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.
Deuteronomy 12:7
There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
Deuteronomy 12:12
And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
Deuteronomy 14:23–29
And you are to eat a tenth of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks, in the presence of the LORD your God at the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.
Deuteronomy 16:14
And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.