Isaiah 60:12

King James Version

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,And the nations will surely be laid waste.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, And the nations will be utterly ruined.

Bible in Basic English
For the nation or kingdom which will not be your servant will come to destruction; such nations will be completely waste.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For euery people and kingdome that serueth not thee, shall perishe, and be destroyed with vtter destruction.

Darby Translation
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be utterly wasted.

New King James Version
For the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, And those nations shall be utterly ruined.

Literal Translation
For the nations and the kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yea, the nations shall be utterly destroyed.

Easy-to-Read Version
Any nation or kingdom that does not serve you will be destroyed.

World English Bible
For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

King James Version (1611)
For the nation and kingdome that will not serue thee, shall perish, yea those nations shall be vtterly wasted.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For euery people & kingdome that serueth not the, shal perish, and be distroyed wt the swerde.

Amplified Bible
"For the nation or the kingdom which will not serve you [Jerusalem] shall perish, And the nations [that refuse to serve] shall be utterly ruined.

American Standard Version
For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Update Bible Version
For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be completely wasted.

Webster's Bible Translation
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yes, [those] nations shall be utterly wasted.

New Century Version
The nation or kingdom that doesn't serve you will be destroyed; it will be completely ruined.

New English Translation
Indeed, nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish; such nations will be totally destroyed.

Contemporary English Version
Any nation or kingdom that refuses to serve you will be wiped out.

Complete Jewish Bible
For the nation or kingdom that won't serve you will perish; yes, those nations will be utterly destroyed.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For the nation and the kingdome, that will not serue thee, shall perish: and those nations shalbe vtterly destroyed.

George Lamsa Translation
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly destroyed by the sword.

Hebrew Names Version
For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

New Living Translation
For the nations that refuse to serve you will be destroyed.

New Life Bible
For the nation which does not serve you will be destroyed. Those nations will all be destroyed.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For the nations and the kings which will not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be made utterly desolate.

English Revised Version
For that nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Berean Standard Bible
For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.

New Revised Standard
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish, - Yea the nations, shall be utterly wasted.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation.

Lexham English Bible
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you shall perish, and the nations shall be utterly devastated.

English Standard Version
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

New American Standard Bible
"For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, And the nations will be utterly ruined.

Good News Translation
But nations that do not serve you Will be completely destroyed.

Christian Standard Bible®
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you will perish; those nations will be annihilated.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi the folk and rewme that serueth not thee, schal perische, and hethene men schulen be distried bi wildirnesse.

Revised Standard Version
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

Young's Literal Translation
For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted.

Contextual Overview

⁹ Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. ¹⁰ And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. ¹¹ Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. ¹² For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. ¹³ The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. ¹⁴ The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the Lord , The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Isaiah 41:11, Isaiah 54:15, Psalms 2:12, Daniel 2:35, Daniel 2:44, Daniel 2:45, Zechariah 12:2-4, Zechariah 14:12-19, Matthew 21:44, Luke 19:27, Revelation 2:26, Revelation 2:27

Reciprocal: Joshua 10:24 - put your feet 2 Samuel 22:44 - head Ezra 6:12 - destroy Psalms 2:9 - General Psalms 29:1 - Give Isaiah 2:2 - and all Jeremiah 12:17 - if Daniel 2:34 - which Daniel 7:14 - that all Daniel 7:18 - the saints Daniel 7:27 - and all Micah 4:3 - and rebuke Haggai 2:22 - overthrow Zechariah 9:10 - his dominion Zechariah 12:3 - in that Zechariah 14:9 - the Lord Zechariah 14:17 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish,.... That will not serve the Lord Christ, and worship him with his church and people; that will not be obedient to the laws and ordinances of his house; but appoint another head over them, the pope of Rome; and make other laws, and set up other ordinances, rejecting the authority of Christ, the rule of his word, and the order of his churches:

yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted; even all the antichristian states, when the vials of God's wrath will be poured out upon them; see Zechariah 14:17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the nation and kingdom - Perhaps this is given as a reason for What is said in the previous verse - that kings and their subjects should come to Zion and embrace the true religion, because if it were not done they would perish. This is certainly one reason why sinners hasten to embrace the Saviour; and when this truth becomes deeply impressed on a community, it is one of the means of a revival of religion. An apprehension of danger; a certain anticipation of ruin if the gospel is not embraced; a conviction that ‘there is salvation in no other,’ is often a means of leading people to seek the Saviour.

That will not serve thee - That will not become the servant of the church of God: that is, that will not promote its interests, obey its laws, and maintain the true religion.

Shall perish - This is applied particularly here to a ‘nation’ and a ‘kingdom.’ The idea is, that no nation can flourish that does not obey the law of God, or where the worship of the true God is not maintained. History is full of affecting illustrations of this. The ancient republics and kingdoms fell because they had not the true religion. The kingdoms of Babylon, Assyria, Macedonia, and Egypt; the Roman empire, and all the ancient monarchies and republics, soon fell to ruin because they had not the salutary restraints of the true religion, and lacked the protection of the true God. France east off the government of God in the Revolution, and was drenched in blood. It is a maxim of universal truth, that the nation which does not admit the influence of the laws and the government of God must be destroyed. No empire is strong enough to wage successful war with the great Yahweh; and sooner or later, notwithstanding all that human policy can do, corruption, sensuality, luxury, pride, and far-spreading vice, will expose a nation to his displeasure, and bring down the heavy arm of his vengeance.

There is no truth of more vital interest to this nation (America) than this; no declaration in any ancient writing expressive of the course of events in this world, that hangs with note portentous interest over this republic, than that ‘the nation that will not serve god shall perish.’ As a nation, we have nothing else to depend on but our pubic virtue, our intelligence, our respect for the laws of heaven. Our defense is not to be in standing armies - but in God, as our living and everwatchful protector and friend. Our hope is not in a vast navy, in strong ramparts, in frowning battlements, but in the favor of the Most High. No martial array, no strong fortresses, no line-of-battle-ships, can save a nation that has cast off the government of God, and that is distinguished for the violation of treaties and for oppression, bribery, and corruption. The nation that violates the Sabbath; that tramples on the rights of unoffending men and women; that disregards the most solemn compacts; and that voluntarily opens upon itself the floodgates of infidelity and vice, must expect to meet with the displeasure of the Almighty. And it is as true of an individual as it is of a nation. Of any human or angelic being; of any association or combination of human beings or angels that does not obey God, it is true that they shall be utterly destroyed.