Isaiah 60

60Arise, ^a||shine; 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 ^wNebaioth 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.