◄ Isaiah 60:17 ►
Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.
Study Bible
Instead of bronze I will bring you gold;

God promises Jerusalem a future marked by greater glory, security, and abundance. Materials once suitable for ordinary use will be replaced by what is more precious, reflecting the honor He will restore to His people.

1Ch 29:2-3 Now with all my ability I have made provision…
Hag 2:8 The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine…
Rev 21:18 The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself…

I will bring silver in place of iron,

The city’s former hardship and weakness will give way to prosperity and dignity. God Himself will provide what His people cannot secure by their own strength.

1Ki 10:27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, …
Mal 3:3 And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;…

bronze instead of wood,

What is perishable will be replaced with what is durable. Jerusalem’s renewal will not be temporary but established under God’s protecting care.

Exo 27:1-6 You are to build an altar of acacia wood.…
1Ki 6:15-18 He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling…

and iron instead of stones.

The imagery continues from basic building materials to strong, useful metal, portraying a strengthened city prepared for lasting peace and service to the Lord.

Deu 8:9 a land where you will eat food without scarcity,…
Job 28:2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore…

I will appoint peace as your governor

Jerusalem will no longer be ruled by violence, oppression, or corrupt leaders. Peace will characterize its public life, bringing order, safety, and well-being.

Isa 9:6-7 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given,…
Mic 5:5 And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land…

and righteousness as your ruler.

Justice and faithfulness to God will govern the restored people. The promised renewal points ultimately to the righteous reign of the Messiah, under whom God’s purposes for Zion will be fulfilled.

Jer 23:5-6 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD,…
Isa 32:1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness,…

Persons / Places / Events
1. Isaiah
A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah's ministry spanned the reigns of several kings of Judah. He is known for his prophecies concerning the coming of the Messiah and the future glory of Zion.

2. Zion
Often used to refer to Jerusalem, Zion symbolizes the people of God and the place of His dwelling. In Isaiah 60, Zion represents the future glory and restoration of God's people.

3. The Restoration of Israel
This chapter speaks to the future restoration and glorification of Israel, a theme prevalent in Isaiah's prophecies, where God promises to elevate His people and bless them abundantly.
Teaching Points
Divine Exchange
God promises a divine exchange of materials, symbolizing the transformation from lesser to greater. This reflects God's ability to transform our lives, replacing our weaknesses with His strength and glory.

Peace and Righteousness
The appointment of peace and righteousness as leaders signifies the establishment of God's order. In our lives, allowing God's peace and righteousness to govern us leads to spiritual stability and growth.

Future Hope
Isaiah 60:17 offers a vision of hope and restoration. As believers, we can hold onto the promise that God is working towards a future where His glory is fully revealed in and through us.

Value in God's Kingdom
The shift from common to precious materials illustrates the value God places on His people. We are called to recognize our worth in God's eyes and live accordingly.

Transformation through Christ
Just as God promises to transform Zion, He transforms us through Christ. This transformation is ongoing and requires our cooperation with the Holy Spirit.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does the promise of exchanging bronze for gold in Isaiah 60:17 reflect God's transformative work in your life today?

2. In what ways can you allow God's peace and righteousness to govern your daily decisions and actions?

3. How does the imagery of precious materials in Isaiah 60:17 inspire you to view your identity and worth in Christ?

4. What connections can you draw between the restoration promised in Isaiah 60:17 and the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21?

5. How can the promise of future hope and restoration in Isaiah 60:17 encourage you in times of personal difficulty or uncertainty?
Connections to Other Scriptures
Revelation 21
The imagery of precious materials and the transformation of Zion in Isaiah 60:17 parallels the description of the New Jerusalem, where the city is adorned with gold and precious stones, symbolizing God's ultimate restoration and glory.

Haggai 2:8-9
This passage speaks of God's ownership of silver and gold and His promise to fill His house with glory, echoing the transformation and abundance promised in Isaiah 60:17.

Philippians 4:7
The promise of peace as a governor in Isaiah 60:17 connects to the peace of God that surpasses all understanding, which guards the hearts and minds of believers in Christ Jesus.
Sermons
The Golden AgeHomilistIsaiah 60:17
The Kingdom of GodA. McE. Wylie.Isaiah 60:17
The Wonderful ExchangeHomiletic ReviewIsaiah 60:17
The Church TriumphantW. Clarkson Isaiah 60:1-22
The Favour of Jehovah to His PeopleE. Johnson Isaiah 60:15-22
People
Ephah, Isaiah, Jacob, Kedar, Nebaioth, Tarshish
Places
City of the Lord, Ephah, Kedar, Lebanon, Midian, Nebaioth, Sheba, Tarshish, Zion
Topics
Administrators, Brass, Bring, Bronze, Exactors, Gold, Governor, Inspection, Instead, Iron, Judge, Magistrates, Officers, Overseer, Overseers, Peace, Righteousness, Ruler, Rulers, Silver, Stone, Stones, Taskmasters, Wood
Dictionary of Bible Themes
Isaiah 60:17

     4303   metals
     4306   minerals
     4312   bronze
     4333   gold
     4336   iron
     4363   silver

Isaiah 60:9-20

     4212   astronomy

Isaiah 60:15-22

     1235   God, the LORD

Library
October 16. "Whereas Thou Hast Been Forsaken and Hated, I Will Make Thee a Joy" (Isa. Lx. 15).
"Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, I will make thee a joy" (Isa. lx. 15). God loves to take the most lost of men, and make them the most magnificent memorials of His redeeming love and power. He loves to take the victims of Satan's hate, and the lives that have been the most fearful examples of his power to destroy, and to use them to illustrate and illuminate the possibilities of Divine mercy and the new creations of the Holy Spirit. He loves to take the things in our own lives that have …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

Walls and Gates
'Thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise'--ISAIAH lx. 18. The prophet reaches the height of eloquence in his magnificent picture of the restored Jerusalem, 'the city of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.' To him the city stands for the embodiment of the nation, and his vision of the future is moulded by his knowledge of the past. Israel and Jerusalem were to him the embodiments of the divine idea of God's dwelling with men, and of a society founded on the presence of …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Sunlit Church
'Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 2. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. 3. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.'--ISAIAH lx. 1-3. The personation of Israel as a woman runs through the whole of this second portion of Isaiah's prophecy. We see her thrown on the earth a mourning mother, …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Morning Light
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. O ne strong internal proof that the Bible is a divine revelation, may be drawn from the subject matter; and particularly that it is the book, and the only book, that teaches us to …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1

Marvellous Increase of the Church
The church, when she uttered these words, appears to have been the subject of three kinds of feeling. First, wonder: secondly, pleasure: thirdly, anxiety. These three feelings you have felt; you are not strangers to them; and you will understand, while I speak to you as the children of God, how it is that we can feel at the same time, wonder, pleasure, and yet anxiety. I. First, the church of old, and our church now, appears to have been the subject of WONDER when she saw so many come to know the …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 2: 1856

22D DAY. An End of Weeping.
"He is Faithful that Promised." "The days of thy mourning shall be ended."--ISAIAH lx. 20. An End of Weeping. Christ's people are a weeping band, though there be much in this lovely world to make them joyous and happy. Yet when they think of sin--their own sin, and the unblushing sins of a world in which their God is dishonoured--need we wonder at their tears?--that they should be called "Mourners," and their pilgrimage-home a "Valley of Tears?" Bereavement, and sickness, and poverty, and death, …
John Ross Macduff—The Faithful Promiser

Second Sermon for Epiphany
Showeth on what wise a man shall arise from himself and from all creatures, to the end that God may find the ground of his soul prepared, and may begin and perfect his work therein. Isaiah lx. 1.--"Arise, O Jerusalem, and be enlightened." [45] IN all this world God covets and requires but one thing only, and that He desires so exceeding greatly that He gives His whole might and energy thereto. This one thing is, that He may find that good ground which He has laid in the noble mind of man made fit …
Susannah Winkworth—The History and Life of the Reverend Doctor John Tauler

Rev. Mr. Nichols's Address.
The Rev. W. F. Nichols, Rector of Christ Church, Hartford, and chaplain to Bishop Williams in his recent visit abroad, spoke of the first day of the commemoration at Aberdeen: He said it would be useless to deny that there was an individual pleasure in having this welcome to round out the happiness of getting back to one's home and one's work, as there was an individual pleasure at the honor the diocese had put upon those whom it had sent with the bishop to Aberdeen, and an individual appreciation …
Various—The Sermons And Addresses At The Seabury Centenary

The Birth of England's Foreign Missions
1785-1792 Moulton the Mission's birthplace--Carey's fever and poverty--His Moulton school--Fired with the missionary idea--His very large missionary map--Fuller's confession of the aged and respectable ministers' opposition--Old Mr. Ryland's rebuke--Driven to publish his Enquiry--Its literary character--Carey's survey of the world in 1788--His motives, difficulties, and plans--Projects the first Missionary Society--Contrasted with his predecessors from Erasmus--Prayer concert begun in Scotland in …
George Smith—The Life of William Carey

The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
The Median wars--The last native dynasties of Egypt--The Eastern world on the eve of the Macedonian conquest. [Drawn by Boudier, from one of the sarcophagi of Sidon, now in the Museum of St. Irene. The vignette, which is by Faucher-Gudin, represents the sitting cyno-cephalus of Nectanebo I., now in the Egyptian Museum at the Vatican.] Darius appears to have formed this project of conquest immediately after his first victories, when his initial attempts to institute satrapies had taught him not …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 9

No More
Gerhard Ter Steegen Is. lx. 20 O past and gone! How great is God! how small am I! A mote in the illimitable sky, Amidst the glory deep, and wide, and high Of Heaven's unclouded sun. There to forget myself for evermore; Lost, swallowed up in Love's immensity, The sea that knows no sounding and no shore, God only there, not I. More near than I unto myself can be, Art Thou to me; So have I lost myself in finding Thee, Have lost myself for ever, O my Sun! The boundless Heaven of Thine eternal love …
Frances Bevan—Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others

Athanasius under Julian and his Successors; Fourth and Fifth Exiles. Feb. 21, 362, to Feb. 1, 366
(a) The Council of Alexandria in 362. The eight months of undisturbed residence enjoyed by Athanasius under Julian were well employed. One of his first acts was to convoke a Synod at Alexandria to deal with the questions which stood in the way of the peace of the Church. The Synod was one of saints and confessors,' including as it did many of the Egyptian bishops who had suffered under George (p. 483, note 3, again we miss the name of the trusted Serapion), Asterius of Petra and Eusebius of Vercellae, …
Athanasius—Select Works and Letters or Athanasius

That the Grace of Devotion is Acquired by Humility and Self-Denial
The Voice of the Beloved Thou oughtest to seek earnestly the grace of devotion, to ask it fervently, to wait for it patiently and faithfully, to receive it gratefully, to preserve it humbly, to work with it diligently, and to leave to God the time and manner of heavenly visitation until it come. Chiefly oughtest thou to humble thyself when thou feelest inwardly little or no devotion, yet not to be too much cast down, nor to grieve out of measure. God ofttimes giveth in one short moment what He …
Thomas A Kempis—Imitation of Christ

The Restoration of Israel is Only Made Possible by the Second Advent of Christ.
Under this head we shall seek to prove briefly three things--that Israel as a nation will be restored, that Israel's restoration occurs at the Return of Christ, that Israel's restoration will result in great blessing to the whole world. That Israel as a nation will be actually and literally restored is declared again and again in the Word of God. We quote now but two prophecies from among scores of similar ones:--"Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, …
Arthur W. Pink—The Redeemer's Return

The General Spread of the Gospel
"The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters covers the sea." Isa. 11:9. 1. In what a condition is the world at present! How does darkness, intellectual darkness, ignorance, with vice and misery attendant upon it, cover the face of the earth! From the accurate inquiry made with indefatigable pains by our ingenious countryman, Mr. Brerewood; (who travelled himself over a great part of the known world, in order to form the more exact judgment;) supposing the world to be divided …
John Wesley—Sermons on Several Occasions

Twentieth Day for God's Spirit on the Heathen
WHAT TO PRAY.--For God's Spirit on the Heathen "Behold, these shall come from far; and these from the land of Sinim."--ISA. xlix. 12. "Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands to God."--PS. lxviii. 31. "I the Lord will hasten it in His time."--ISA. lx. 22. Pray for the heathen, who are yet without the word. Think of China, with her three hundred millions--a million a month dying without Christ. Think of Dark Africa, with its two hundred millions. Think …
Andrew Murray—The Ministry of Intercession

The Temptation of Jesus
The proclamation and inauguration of the Kingdom of Heaven' at such a time, and under such circumstances, was one of the great antitheses of history. With reverence be it said, it is only God Who would thus begin His Kingdom. A similar, even greater antithesis, was the commencement of the Ministry of Christ. From the Jordan to the wilderness with its wild Beasts; from the devout acknowledgment of the Baptist, the consecration and filial prayer of Jesus, the descent of the Holy Spirit, and the heard …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah

The Order of Thought which Surrounded the Development of Jesus.
As the cooled earth no longer permits us to understand the phenomena of primitive creation, because the fire which penetrated it is extinct, so deliberate explanations have always appeared somewhat insufficient when applying our timid methods of induction to the revolutions of the creative epochs which have decided the fate of humanity. Jesus lived at one of those times when the game of public life is freely played, and when the stake of human activity is increased a hundredfold. Every great part, …
Ernest Renan—The Life of Jesus

Brave Encouragements
'In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying, 2. Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, 3. Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? 4. Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Quotation in Matt. Ii. 6.
Several interpreters, Paulus especially, have asserted that the interpretation of Micah which is here given, was that of the Sanhedrim only, and not of the Evangelist, who merely recorded what happened and was said. But this assertion is at once refuted when we consider the object which Matthew has in view in his entire representation of the early life of Jesus. His object in recording the early life of Jesus is not like that of Luke, viz., to communicate historical information to his readers. …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament

The Extent of Messiah's Spiritual Kingdom
The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ, and He shall reign for ever and ever! T he Kingdom of our Lord in the heart, and in the world, is frequently compared to a building or house, of which He Himself is both the Foundation and the Architect (Isaiah 28:16 and 54:11, 12) . A building advances by degrees (I Corinthians 3:9; Ephesians 2:20-22) , and while it is in an unfinished state, a stranger cannot, by viewing its present appearance, form an accurate judgment …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2

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