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Isaiah 60

Isa. 60:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Who are these that fly
`uwph (Hebrew #5774)
to cover (with wings or obscurity); hence (as denominative from 5775) to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)
KJV usage: brandish, be (wax) faint, flee away, fly (away), X set, shine forth, weary.
Pronounce: oof
Origin: a primitive root
as a cloud
`ab (Hebrew #5645)
from 5743; properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chron. 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
KJV usage: clay, (thick) cloud, X thick, thicket. Compare 5672.
Pronounce: awb
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
, and as the doves
yownah (Hebrew #3123)
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV usage: dove, pigeon.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: probably from the same as 3196
to their windows
'arubbah (Hebrew #699)
a lattice; (by implication) a window, dove-cot (because of the pigeon-holes), chimney (with its apertures for smoke), sluice (with openings for water)
KJV usage: chimney, window.
Pronounce: ar-oob-baw'
Origin: feminine participle passive of 693 (as if for lurking)
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Cloud,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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fly.
Isa. 60:4• 4Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. (Isa. 60:4)
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Isa. 45:22• 22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:22)
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Luke 13:29• 29And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. (Luke 13:29)
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Rev. 7:9• 9After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; (Rev. 7:9)
a cloud.
Heb. 12:1• 1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, (Heb. 12:1)
as the.
Gen. 8:8‑11• 8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
 9But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
 10And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
 11And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. (Gen. 8:8‑11)
• When God regathers His people it will be a quick and effectual work They will “fly” — a speedy work. It will be “to their windows” — like a bird returning to its home. And this they will do as “doves” a bird noted for its meek and quiet spirit. (“Isaiah 60:6-62:3” by F.B. Hole)
• The born-again Israelites, who will fly to their millennial home in the coming day, will be a repentant and meek people. (“Isaiah 60:6-62:3” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Who are these that come flying as a cloud, and as doves to their dove-cotes?