King James Version
Isaiah 60:22 in the King James Version says “A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 60 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.”
Isaiah 60:22 · KJV
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“A little one”
H6996abbreviated, i.e., diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“shall become a thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
“and a small one”
H6810little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble
“nation”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“I the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“will hasten”
H2363to hurry; figuratively, to be eager with excitement or enjoyment
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