Isaiah 60–62

60TH CHAPTER

The Lord Will Be Jerusalem’s Glory

¹Arise! Shine! Your light has come, 

and the glory of the Lord has dawned. 

²Darkness now covers the earth, 

and thick darkness covers the nations. 

But the Lord dawns, 

and his glory appears over you. 

³Nations will come to your light, 

and kings will come to the brightness of your dawn. 

⁴“Look up, look around, and watch. 

All of your people assemble and come to you. 

Your sons come from far away. 

Your daughters are carried in their arms. 

⁵Then you will see this and rejoice, 

and your heart will be thrilled with joy, 

because the riches of the sea will be brought to you. 

The wealth of the nations will come to you. 

⁶“Many camels will cover your ⸤land⸥, 

young camels from Midian and Ephah. 

Everyone from Sheba will come. 

They will bring gold and incense. 

They will sing the praises of the Lord. 

⁷All of the flocks from Kedar will gather and come to you. 

The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. 

They will be sacrificed as acceptable ⸤offerings⸥ on my altar. 

So I will honor my beautiful temple. 

⁸“Who are these people that fly by like clouds, 

like doves to their nests? 

⁹Certainly, the coastlands wait with hope for me. 

The ships from Tarshish are the first to bring your children 

from far away. 

Their silver and their gold comes with them 

to honor the name of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, 

because he has honored you. 

¹⁰“Foreigners will rebuild your walls, 

and their kings will serve you. 

In my anger I struck you, 

but in my favor I have compassion on you. 

¹¹Your gates will always be open. 

They will never be closed day or night 

so that people may bring you the wealth of nations, 

with their kings led as prisoners. 

¹²Nations and kingdoms that do not serve you will be destroyed. 

The nations will certainly be ruined. 

¹³“Lebanon’s glory will come to you: 

Cedar, fir, and cypress trees will come to beautify my holy place, 

and I will honor the place where my feet rest. 

¹⁴The descendants of those who oppress you will bow in front of you. 

All who despise you will bow at your feet. 

They will call you the city of the Lord, 

Zion, the city of the Holy One of Israel. 

¹⁵“You have been abandoned and hated; no one has passed through you. 

But now I will make you a source of everlasting pride, 

a joy for all generations. 

¹⁶You will drink milk from other nations 

and nurse at royal breasts. 

Then you will know that I am the Lord, your Savior, 

the Mighty One of Jacob, your Defender. 

¹⁷I will bring gold instead of bronze. 

I will bring silver instead of iron, 

bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stone. 

I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler. 

¹⁸No longer will you hear about violence in your land 

or desolation and destruction within your borders. 

You will call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. 

¹⁹The sun will no longer be your light during the day, 

nor will the brightness of the moon give you light, 

But the Lord will be your everlasting light. 

Your God will be your glory. 

²⁰Your sun will no longer go down, 

nor will your moon disappear. 

The Lord will be your everlasting light, 

and your days of sadness will be over. 

²¹Then all your people will be righteous, 

and they will possess the land permanently. 

They will be the seedling I have planted, 

the honored work of my hands. 

²²The smallest of them will become a family. 

The weakest of them will become a mighty nation. 

At the right time I, the Lord, will make it happen quickly.” 

61ST CHAPTER

The LORD Will Anoint His Servant with His Spirit

¹The Spirit of the Almighty Lord is with me 

because the Lord has anointed me 

to deliver good news to humble people. 

He has sent me 

to heal those who are brokenhearted, 

to announce that captives will be set free 

and prisoners will be released. 

²⸤He has sent me⸥ 

to announce the year of the Lord’s good will 

and the day of our God’s vengeance, 

to comfort all those who grieve. 

³⸤He has sent me⸥ 

to provide for all those who grieve in Zion, 

to give them crowns instead of ashes, 

the oil of joy instead of ⸤tears of⸥ grief, 

and clothes of praise instead of a spirit of weakness. 

They will be called Oaks of Righteousness, 

the Plantings of the Lord, 

so that he might display his glory. 

⁴They will rebuild the ancient ruins. 

They will restore the places destroyed long ago. 

They will renew the ruined cities, the places destroyed generations ago. 

⁵Foreigners will come forward and become shepherds for your flocks, 

and children of foreigners will work your fields and vineyards. 

⁶You will be called the priests of the Lord. 

You will be called the servants of our God. 

You will consume the wealth of the nations. 

You will boast in their splendor. 

⁷You will receive a double measure of wealth instead of your shame. 

You will sing about your wealth instead of being disgraced. 

That is why you will have a double measure of wealth in your land. 

You will have everlasting joy. 

⁸I, the Lord, love justice. 

I hate robbery and wrongdoing. 

I will faithfully reward my people’s work. 

I will make an everlasting promise^ato them. 

⁹Then their offspring will be known among the nations 

and their descendants among the people. 

Everyone who sees them will recognize 

that they are the descendants whom the Lord has blessed. 

¹⁰I will find joy in the Lord. 

I will delight in my God. 

He has dressed me in the clothes of salvation. 

He has wrapped me in the robe of righteousness 

like a bridegroom with a priest’s turban, 

like a bride with her jewels. 

¹¹Like the ground that brings forth its crops 

and like a garden that makes the seed in it grow, 

so the Almighty Lord will make righteousness and praise 

spring up in front of all nations. 

62ND CHAPTER

Jerusalem’s Salvation Is Coming

¹For Zion’s sake I will not remain silent. 

For Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, 

until its righteousness shines like the dawn 

and its salvation burns brightly like a torch. 

²The nations will see your righteousness. 

All kings will see your glory. 

You will be given a new name 

that the Lord will announce. 

³Then you will be a beautiful crown in the hand of the Lord, 

a royal crown in the hand of your God. 

⁴You will no longer be called Deserted, 

and your land will no longer be called Destroyed. 

But you will be named My Delight, 

and your land will be named Married. 

The Lord is delighted with you, 

and your land will be married. 

⁵As a young man marries a woman, 

so your sons will marry you. 

As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, 

so your God will rejoice over you. 

⁶I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. 

They will never be silent day or night. 

Whoever calls on the Lord, do not give yourselves any rest, 

⁷and do not give him any rest until he establishes Jerusalem 

and makes it an object of praise throughout the earth. 

⁸The Lord has sworn with his right hand and with his mighty arm, 

“I will never again let your enemies eat your grain, 

nor will foreigners drink the new wine which you made.” 

⁹Those who harvest grain 

will eat it and praise the Lord. 

Those who gather grapes 

will drink wine in my holy courtyards. 

¹⁰Go through! Go through the gates! 

Prepare a way for the people! 

Build up! Build up the highway! 

Clear away the stones! 

Raise a flag for the people! 

¹¹The Lord has announced to the ends of the earth: 

“Tell my people Zion, 

‘Your Savior is coming. 

His reward is with him, 

and the people he has won arrive ahead of him.’ ” 

¹²They will be called Holy People, Those Reclaimed by the Lord, 

and you will be called Sought After, a City Not Deserted.