Isaiah 60:1–22

The Future Glory of Israel

60^bArise, shine, for your light has come,

and ^cthe glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

²For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,

and thick darkness the peoples;

but the Lord will arise upon you,

and his glory will be seen upon you.

^3dAnd nations shall come to your light,

and kings to the brightness of your rising.

^4eLift up your eyes all around, and see;

they all gather together, they come to you;

^fyour sons shall come from afar,

and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.

⁵Then you shall see and ^gbe radiant;

your heart shall thrill and exult,¹

because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,

^hthe wealth of the nations shall come to you.

⁶A multitude of camels shall cover you,

the young camels of ⁱMidian and ^jEphah;

all those from ^kSheba shall come.

^lThey shall bring gold and frankincense,

and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.

⁷All the flocks of ^mKedar shall be gathered to you;

the rams of ⁿNebaioth shall minister to you;

^othey shall come up with acceptance on my altar,

^pand I will beautify my beautiful house.

⁸Who are these that fly like a cloud,

and ^qlike doves to their windows?

⁹For ^rthe coastlands shall hope for me,

^sthe ships of Tarshish first,

^tto bring your children from afar,

their silver and gold with them,

for the name of the Lord your God,

and for the Holy One of Israel,

because ^uhe has made you beautiful.

^10vForeigners shall build up your walls,

and ^vtheir kings shall minister to you;

for in my wrath I struck you,

but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

^11wYour gates shall be open continually;

day and night they shall not be shut,

^wthat people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,

with their kings led in procession.

^12xFor the nation and kingdom

that will not serve you shall perish;

those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

^13yThe glory of Lebanon shall come to you,

the cypress, the plane, and ^zthe pine,

to beautify the place of my sanctuary,

and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

^14aThe sons of those who afflicted you

shall come bending low to you,

^band all who despised you

shall bow down at your feet;

^cthey shall call you the City of the Lord,

the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

^15dWhereas you have been forsaken and hated,

with no one passing through,

^eI will make you majestic forever,

a joy from age to age.

^16fYou shall suck the milk of nations;

you shall nurse at the breast of kings;

and you shall know that ^gI, the Lord, am your Savior

and your Redeemer, ^hthe Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷Instead of bronze I will bring gold,

and instead of iron I will bring silver;

instead of wood, bronze,

instead of stones, iron.

I will make your overseers peace

ⁱand your taskmasters righteousness.

^18jViolence shall no more be heard in your land,

devastation or destruction within your borders;

^kyou shall call your walls Salvation,

and your gates Praise.

^19lThe sun shall be no more

your light by day,

nor for brightness shall the moon

give you light;²

but the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your glory.³

²⁰Your sun shall no more go down,

nor your moon withdraw itself;

for the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and ^myour days of mourning shall be ended.

²¹ⁿYour people shall all be righteous;

^othey shall possess the land forever,

^pthe branch of my planting, the work of my hands,

that I might be glorified.⁴

^22qThe least one shall become a clan,

and the smallest one a mighty nation;

^rI am the Lord;

in its time I will hasten it.