Isaiah 60:12
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New International Version (©2011)
For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly ruined.

New Living Translation (©2007)
For the nations that refuse to serve you will be destroyed.

English Standard Version (©2001)
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly 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.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you will perish; those nations will be annihilated.

International Standard Version (©2012)
For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; those nations will be utterly ruined.

NET Bible (©2006)
Indeed, nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish; such nations will be totally destroyed.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Nations and kingdoms that do not serve you will be destroyed. The nations will certainly be ruined.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

American King James Version
For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

60:9-14 God will be very gracious. We must begin with his promise, thence all mercies take rise. Many shall be brought into the church, even from far countries. Christ is always ready to receive all who come to him; and the gate of mercy is always open, night and day. All that are about the church shall be made serviceable to it. But those who will not be subject to Christ's golden sceptre, to his word and Spirit, who will not be kept in by the laws and rules of his family, shall be broken in pieces by his iron rod. The peculiar advantages of every nation, and of every description of men, shall join to beautify the church of Christ. We must suppose this to be accomplished in the beauties of holiness, and the graces and comforts of the Spirit, with which gospel ordinances are adorned and enriched. Blessed be his name, the gates of Zion are ever open to returning sinners.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 12. - The nation... that will not serve thee shall perish. God's curse shall be upon them; they shall wither and decay for lack of the Divine favour and of the graces which God dispenses to mankind through his Church (comp. Zechariah 14:17-19).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

12. For—the reason which will lead Gentile kings and people to submit themselves; fear of the God in Israel (Zec 14:17).

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Future Glory for Zion
…11Therefore your gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring to you the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. 12For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted. 13The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, 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. …

Genesis 27:29 May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed."
Psalm 108:13 With God we will gain the victory, and he will trample down our enemies.
Isaiah 14:2 Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them male and female servants in the LORD's land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
Jeremiah 12:17 But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD.
Daniel 2:34 While you were watching, a rock was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and smashed them.
Daniel 2:44 "In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.
Daniel 7:18 But the holy people of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will possess it forever--yes, for ever and ever.'
Daniel 7:27 Then the sovereignty, power and greatness of all the kingdoms under heaven will be handed over to the holy people of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all rulers will worship and obey him.'
Zechariah 9:10 I will take away the chariots from Ephraim and the warhorses from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be broken. He will proclaim peace to the nations. His rule will extend from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Zechariah 14:17 If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD Almighty, they will have no rain.