Isaiah 60–62

THE LORD’S GLORY IN ZION

60Arise, shine, for your light has come,^q

and the glory of the Lord shines over you.^Br

²For look, darkness will cover the earth,

and total darkness the peoples;

but the Lord will shine over you,

and his glory will appear over you.

³Nations will come to your light,

and kings to your shining brightness.^s

⁴Raise your eyes and look around:

they all gather and come to you;

your sons will come from far away,

and your daughters on the hips of nursing mothers.^t

⁵Then you will see and be radiant,^u

and your heart will tremble and rejoice,^A

because the riches of the sea will become yours

and the wealth of the nations will come to you.^v

⁶Caravans of camels will cover your land^B—

young camels of Midian and Ephah—

all of them will come from Sheba.^a

They will carry gold and frankincense^b

and proclaim the praises of the Lord.

⁷All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;

the rams of Nebaioth will serve you^c

and go up on my altar as an acceptable sacrifice.^d

I will glorify my beautiful house.^e

⁸Who are these who fly like a cloud,

like doves to their shelters?^f

⁹Yes, the coasts and islands will wait for me^g

with the ships of Tarshish in the lead,^h

to bring your children from far away,ⁱ

their silver and gold with them,

for the honor of the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel,^j

who has glorified you.^k

¹⁰Foreigners will rebuild your walls,^l

and their kings will serve you.^m

Although I struck you in my wrath,

yet I will show mercy to you with my favor.ⁿ

¹¹Your city gates will always be open;

they will never be shut day or night

so that the wealth of the nations

may be brought into you,^o

with their kings being led in procession.

¹²For the nation and the kingdom

that will not serve you will perish;

those nations will be annihilated.^p

¹³The glory of Lebanon will come to you^q—

its pine, elm, and cypress together^r—

to beautify the place of my sanctuary,

and I will glorify my dwelling place.^C

¹⁴The sons of your oppressors

will come and bow down to you;^s

all who reviled you

will fall facedown at your feet.^t

They will call you the City of the Lord,

Zion of the Holy One of Israel.^u

¹⁵Instead of your being deserted and hated,

with no one passing through,^v

I will make you an object of eternal pride,^w

a joy from age to age.

¹⁶You will nurse on the milk of nations,

and nurse at the breast of kings;^x

you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior^y

and Redeemer,^z the Mighty One of Jacob.^aa

¹⁷I will bring gold instead of bronze;

I will bring silver instead of iron,

bronze instead of wood,

and iron instead of stones.

I will appoint peace as your government

and righteousness as your overseers.

¹⁸Violence will never again be heard of in your land;^ab

devastation and destruction

will be gone from your borders.

You will call your walls Salvation^ac

and your city gates Praise.

¹⁹The sun will no longer be your light by day,

and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you.

The Lord will be your everlasting light,^ad

and your God will be your splendor.

²⁰Your sun will no longer set,

and your moon will not fade;

for the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and the days of your sorrow will be over.^ae

²¹All your people will be righteous;^af

they will possess the land forever;^ag

they are the branch I planted,

the work of my^A hands,

so that I may be glorified.^ah

²²The least will become a thousand,

the smallest a mighty nation.

I am the Lord;

I will accomplish it quickly in its time.

MESSIAH’S JUBILEE

61The Spirit of the Lord God is on me,^ai

because the Lord has anointed me

to bring good news to the poor.^aj

He has sent me to heal^B the brokenhearted,

to proclaim liberty to the captives

and freedom to the prisoners;^a

²to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,^b

and the day of our God’s vengeance;^c

to comfort^d all who mourn,

³to provide for those who mourn in Zion;

to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,

festive oil instead of mourning,^e

and splendid clothes instead of despair.^C

And they will be called righteous trees,

planted by the Lord

to glorify him.^f

⁴They will rebuild the ancient ruins;^g

they will restore the former devastations;

they will renew the ruined cities,

the devastations of many generations.

⁵Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,

and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.^h

⁶But you will be called the Lord’s priests;ⁱ

they will speak of you as ministers of our God;

you will eat the wealth of the nations,

and you will boast in their riches.

⁷In place of your shame, you will have a double portion;^j

in place of disgrace, they will rejoice over their share.

So they will possess double in their land,^k

and eternal joy will be theirs.

⁸For I the Lord love justice;^l

I hate robbery and injustice;^A

I will faithfully reward my people

and make a permanent covenant^m with them.

⁹Their descendants will be known among the nations,

and their posterity among the peoples.

All who see them will recognize

that they are a people the Lord has blessed.

¹⁰I rejoice greatly in the Lord,

I exult in my God;

for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation

and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,ⁿ

as a groom wears a turban

and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.^o

¹¹For as the earth produces its growth,

and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,

so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise

to spring up before all the nations.^p

ZION’S RESTORATION

62I will not keep silent because of Zion,

and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,^q

until her righteousness shines like a bright light^r

and her salvation, like a flaming torch.

²Nations will see your righteousness^s

and all kings, your glory.

You will be given a new name

that the Lord’s mouth will announce.^t

³You will be a glorious crown in the Lord’s hand,

and a royal diadem in the palm of your God’s hand.^u

⁴You will no longer be called Deserted,^v

and your land will not be called Desolate;

instead, you will be called My Delight Is in Her,^A

and your land Married;^Bw

for the Lord delights in you,

and your land will be married.

⁵For as a young man marries a young woman,

so your sons will marry you;

and as a groom rejoices over his bride,

so your God will rejoice over you.^x

⁶Jerusalem,

I have appointed watchmen on your walls;^a

they will never be silent, day or night.

There is no rest for you,

who remind the Lord.

⁷Do not give him rest

until he establishes and makes Jerusalem

the praise of the earth.^b

⁸The Lord has sworn with his right hand

and his strong arm:

I will no longer give your grain

to your enemies for food,^c

and foreigners will not drink the new wine

for which you have labored.

⁹For those who gather grain will eat it

and praise the Lord,

and those who harvest the grapes will drink the wine

in my holy courts.

¹⁰Go out, go out through the city gates;

prepare a way for the people!

Build it up, build up the highway;^d

clear away the stones!

Raise a banner for the peoples.^e

¹¹Look, the Lord has proclaimed

to the ends of the earth,

“Say to Daughter Zion:^f

Look, your salvation is coming,

his wages are with him,^g

and his reward accompanies him.”

¹²And they will be called^C the Holy People,^h

the Lord’s Redeemed;

and you will be called Cared For,

A City Not Deserted.