Isaiah 66:11

That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
suck	תִּֽינְקוּ֙ ti.ne.Ku	H3243	to suck · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural
satisfied	וּשְׂבַעְתֶּ֔ם u.se.va'.Tem	H7646	to sate · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
breasts	מִשֹּׁ֖ד mi.Shod	H7699	the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
consolations	תַּנְחֻמֶ֑יהָ tan.chu.Mei.ha	H8575	compassion · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
out	תָּמֹ֛צּוּ ta.Mo.tzu	H4711	to suck · verb, qal jussive, 2nd person masculine plural
delighted	וְהִתְעַנַּגְתֶּ֖ם ve.hit.'a.nag.Tem	H6026	to be soft or pliable · conjunction + verb, hithpael sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine plural
abundance	מִזִּ֥יז mi.Ziz	H2123	fulness of the breast · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
glory	כְּבוֹדָֽהּ ke.vo.Dah	H3519	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular

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Cross-references

Isaiah 60:16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and th…
Joel 3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers o…
Psalms 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Isaiah 60:5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unt…
1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:5-14

The prophet, having denounced God's judgments against a hypocritical nation, that made a jest of God's word and would not answer him when he called to them, here turns his speech to those that trembled at his word, to comfort and encourage them; they shall not be involved in the judgments that are coming upon their unbelieving nation. Ministers must distinguish thus, that, when they speak terror to the wicked, they may not make the hearts of the righteous sad. Bone Christiane, hoc nihil ad te - Good Christian, this is nothing to thee. The prophet, having assured those that tremble at God's word of a gracious look from him (Isa 66:2), here brings them a gracious message from him. The word of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 66:11

suck-- (Isa 60:5, Isa 60:16; Isa 61:6; Isa 49:23). abundance--Hebrew, "the ray-like flow of her opulence," that is, with the milk spouting out from her full breasts (answering to the parallel, "breast of her consolations") in ray-like streams [GESENIUS].

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 66:11

With the abundance of her glory "From her abundant stores" - For מזיז mizziz, from the splendor, two MSS. and the old edition of 1488, have מזיו mizziv; and the latter ז zain is upon a rasure in three other MSS. It is remarkable that Kimchi and Sal. ben Melec, not being able to make any thing of the word as it stands in the text, say it means the same with מזיו mizziv; that is, in effect, they admit of a various reading, or an error in the text. But as Vitringa observes, what sense is there in sucking nourishment from the splendor of her glory? He therefore endeavors to deduce another sense of the word זיז ziz; but, as far as it appears to me, without any authority. I am more inclined to acc…

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John Gill on Isaiah 66:11

That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breast of her consolations,.... This, according to our version, expresses the end of the church's friends being called together to rejoice with her, that they might partake of her joys and comforts, delights and pleasures: but the words may be better rendered, either, according to Kimchi's sense, "therefore shall ye suck" (t), &c.; because ye have mourned for her, and because ye have rejoiced with her; or rather, as Noldius (u), "because ye suck", &c.; partake of her privileges and ordinances, so give a reason why they should rejoice with her. "Breast" is put for "breasts", as Jarchi observes; for as the church is represented as a woman, and as a t…

The Church Fathers

This struggle is the correction of noble good deeds in them. For their sweat is profitable, and they have youth-like endurance in order to gain not an earthly possession but rather so that they become filled with graces from God and are satisfied in every desire. To these he makes this promise, "Like infants at the breast you will be filled by the breasts of consolation." Since Isaiah has previously compared the figure of a woman with the new Zion, he remains in this way of speaking and compares this comfort with that of the breasts and milk of the Holy Spirit. For in the Song of Songs it says, "Your breasts are better than wine."
— Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 5:6.66:10-12

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Dictionary and topics

Affliction, Consolation Under · Is abundant — Is abundant
Excellency And Glory Of The Church, The · Saints delight in — Saints delight in
Gentiles · PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF — PROPHECIES OF THE CONVERSION OF
Joy · 2:11;4:7;5:11;9:2,14;13:5;14:7;16:5,6,8,9,11;17:15;19:8;20:5;21:1,6;28:7;30:5,11,12;32:1,2,11;33:21;35:9;36:8;40:16;42:4;43:4;45:15;46:4;51:8,12;53:6;63:5-7,11;64:10;68:3;69:32;70:4;71:23;85:6;89:15,16;97:11,12;100:1,2;104:34;105:3,43;119:1,2,14,16,55,111,162,165;126:5,6;132:16;138:5;149:2,5; — 2:11;4:7;5:11;9:2,14;13:5;14:7;16:5,6,8,9,11;17:15;19:8;20:5;21:1,6;28:7;30:5,11,12;32:1,2,11;33:21;35:9;36:8;40:16;42:4;43:4;45:15;46:4;51:8,12;53:6;63:5-7,11;64:10;68:3;69:32;70:4;71:23;85:6;89:15,16;97:11,12;100:1,2;104:34;105:3,43;119:1,2,14,16,55,111,162,165;126:5,6;132:16;138:5;149:2,5;

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Isaiah 66:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:5-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 66:11

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 66:11

John Gill on Isaiah 66:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 66:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 66:5-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 66:11

Adam Clarke on Isaiah 66:11

John Gill on Isaiah 66:11

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 66:11

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 66:10-11

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 66:9

Rashi on Isaiah 66:11