Isaiah 60–62

Arise, ^ashine; for thy light is come,

And ^bthe glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

²For behold, ^cdthe darkness shall cover the earth,

And ^dgross darkness the people:

But the Lord shall arise upon thee,

And ^behis glory shall be seen upon thee.

³And ^fthe Gentiles shall come to thy light,

And ^gkings to the brightness of thy rising.

^4hLift up thine eyes round about, and see:

^hAll they gather themselves together, ⁱthey come to thee:

^jThy sons shall come from far,

And thy daughters shall be nursed ^kat thy side.

⁵Then thou shalt see, and ^lflow together,

And thine heart shall fear, and ^mbe enlarged;

Because ⁿthe ^oabundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee,

The ^fmforces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

⁶The multitude of camels shall cover thee,

^pThe dromedaries of ^qMidian and ^rEphah;

All they from ^sSheba shall come:

They shall bring ^tgold and incense;

And they shall ^ushew forth the praises of the Lord.

⁷All the flocks of ^vKedar shall be gathered together unto thee,

The rams of ^wNebajoth shall minister unto thee:

^xThey shall come up with acceptance on mine altar,

And I will ^yglorify ^yythe house of ^bmy glory.

^8zWho are these that fly as a cloud,

And ^aas the doves to their windows?

⁹Surely ^bcthe isles shall wait for me,

And ^dthe ships of ^cTarshish first,

^eTo bring ^fthy sons from far,

^gTheir silver and their gold with them,

^hUnto the name of the Lord thy God,

And ⁱto the Holy One of Israel, ⁱbecause he hath glorified thee.

¹⁰And ^kthe sons of strangers shall build up thy walls,

And ^ltheir kings shall minister unto thee:

For ^min my wrath I smote thee,

But ⁿin my favour have I had mercy on thee.

¹¹Therefore ^othy 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 ^lptheir kings may be brought.

¹²For ^qthe nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish;

Yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

^13rThe glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee,

^sThe fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together,

To ^tbeautify the place of my sanctuary;

And I will make ^uthe place of my feet glorious.

^14vThe sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee;

And all they that despised thee shall ^wbow themselves down at the soles of thy feet;

And they shall call thee, ^xThe city of the Lord,

^yThe Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵Whereas thou hast been ^zforsaken and ^ahated,

So that no man went through thee,

I will make thee an eternal ^bexcellency,

A joy of many generations.

^16cThou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles,

And ^cshalt suck the breast of kings:

And ^cthou shalt know that ^dI the Lord am thy Saviour

^cAnd thy redeemer, ^ddthe mighty One of Jacob.

^17eFor brass I will bring gold,

And for iron I will bring silver,

And for wood brass,

And for stones iron:

I will also make thy officers ^fpeace,

And thine ^gexactors righteousness.

^18hViolence shall no more be heard in thy land,

ⁱWasting nor destruction within thy borders;

But thou shalt call ^jthy walls Salvation,

And thy gates ^kPraise.

^19lThe sun shall be no more thy light by day;

^lNeither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee:

But the Lord shall be unto thee ^man everlasting light,

And ⁿthy God thy ^oglory.

^20pThy sun shall no more go down;

Neither shall thy moon withdraw itself:

For the Lord shall be thine everlasting light,

And ^qthe days of thy mourning shall be ended.

^21rThy people also shall be all righteous:

^sThey shall inherit the land for ever,

^tThe branch of my planting, ^uthe work of my hands, ^tvthat I may be glorified.

^22xA little one shall become a thousand,

And a small one a ^ystrong nation:

I the Lord will ^zhasten it in his time.

LXI.^aThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me;

Because the Lord ^bhath anointed me ^cto preach good tidings unto ^dthe meek;

He hath sent me ^eto bind up ^fthe broken-hearted,

^gTo proclaim liberty to the captives,

And ^hthe opening of the prison to them that are bound;

²ⁱTo proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,

And ^kthe day of vengeance of our God;

^lTo comfort all that mourn;

³To appoint unto ^lthem that mourn in Zion,

^mTo give unto them ⁿbeauty for ashes,

^oThe oil of joy for mourning,

The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;

That they might be called ^ptrees of righteousness,

^qThe planting of the Lord, ^qrthat he might be glorified.

⁴And ^sthey shall build the old wastes,

They shall raise up the former desolations,

And they shall repair the waste cities,

^tThe desolations of many generations.

⁵And ^ustrangers shall stand and feed your flocks,

And ^vthe sons of ^uthe alien shall be ^wyour plowmen and your vinedressers.

⁶But ^xye shall be named the Priests of the Lord:

Men shall call you the Ministers of our God:

^yYe shall eat the riches of the Gentiles,

And ^zin their glory shall you boast yourselves.

⁷For your shame ^ayou shall have double;

And for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion:

^bTherefore in their land ^athey shall possess the double:

Everlasting joy shall be unto them.

⁸For ^cI the Lord love judgment,

^dI hate robbery for burnt offering;

And I will direct their ^ework in truth,

And ^fI will make an everlasting covenant with them.

⁹And ^gtheir seed shall be known among the Gentiles,

And ^htheir offspring among the people:

All that see them shall acknowledge them,

ⁱThat they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

^10jI will greatly rejoice in the Lord,

My soul shall be joyful in my God;

For ^khe hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,

He hath covered me with ^lthe robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom decketh himself with ^mornaments,

And ⁿas a bride ^oadorneth herself with her jewels.

¹¹For as the earth bringeth forth her bud,

And as the garden causeth ^pthe things that are sown in it to spring forth;

So the Lord God will cause ^qrighteousness and ^rpraise to spring forth

Before all the nations.

LXII.For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,

Until ^athe righteousness thereof go forth as brightness,

And the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

²And ^bthe Gentiles shall see thy righteousness,

And ^call kings thy glory:

And thou shalt be called by ^da new name,

Which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

³Thou shalt also be ^ea crown of glory in the hand of the Lord,

And a royal ^fdiadem in the hand of thy God.

^4gThou shalt no more be termed ^hForsaken;

Neither shall thy land any more be termed ⁱDesolate:

But thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah,

And thy land Beulah:

For the Lord delighteth in thee,

And thy land shall be married.

⁵For ^kas a young man marrieth a virgin,

So shall ^lthy sons marry thee:

And as ^mthe bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride,

So ⁿshall thy God rejoice over thee.

⁶I have set ^owatchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,

Which shall never hold their peace day nor night:

^qYe that make mention of the Lord,

Keep not silence, ⁷and give him no rest,

Till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem ^ra praise in the earth.

⁸The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength,

Surely ^sI will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies;

And ^tthe sons of the stranger ^ttshall not drink thy ^uwine, for the which thou hast laboured:

⁹But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and ^vpraise the Lord;

And they that have brought it together shall drink it ^vin the courts of my holiness.

¹⁰Go through, go through the gates; ^wxprepare you the way of the people;

^xCast up, cast up the highway; ^ygather out the stones;

^zLift up a standard for the people.

¹¹Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world,

^aSay ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, ^bthy salvation cometh;

^cBehold, his reward is with him,

^cAnd his work before him.

¹²And ^dthey shall call them, ^eThe holy people, ^fThe redeemed of the Lord:

And thou shalt be called, Sought out, ^gA city not forsaken.

LXIII.