Isaiah 60–62

CHAPTER 60

A Glorified Zion

¹“^aArise, shine, for your ^blight has come,

And the ^cglory of Yahweh has risen upon you.

²“For behold, ^adarkness will cover the earth

And dense gloom the peoples;

But Yahweh will rise upon you,

And His ^bglory will appear upon you.

³“^aNations will come to your light,

And kings to the brightness of your rising.

⁴“^aLift up your eyes round about and see;

They all gather together; they ^bcome to you.

Your sons will come from afar,

And your ^cdaughters will be ¹carried on the nurses’ hip.

⁵“Then you will see and be ^aradiant,

And your heart will tremble and be large with joy;

Because the ^babundance of the sea will be turned to you,

The ^cwealth of the nations will come to you.

⁶“A multitude of camels will cover you,

The young camels of Midian and ^aEphah;

All those from ^bSheba will come;

They will bring ^cgold and frankincense,

And will ^dbear good news of the praises of Yahweh.

⁷“All the flocks of ^aKedar will be gathered together to you;

The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;

They will go up with acceptance on My ^baltar,

And I shall ^1cadorn My ²glorious house with beautiful glory.

⁸“^aWho are these who fly like a cloud

And like the doves to their ¹lattices?

⁹“Surely the ^acoastlands will hope in Me;

And the ^bships of Tarshish will come first,

To ^cbring your sons from afar,

Their silver and their gold with them,

For the name of Yahweh your God,

And for the Holy One of Israel because He has ^1dadorned you with beautiful glory.

¹⁰“^aForeigners will build up your walls,

And their ^bkings will minister to you;

For in My ^cwrath I struck you,

And in My favor I have had compassion on you.

¹¹“Your ^agates will be open continually;

They will not be closed day or night,

So that men may ^bbring to you the wealth of the nations,

With ^ctheir kings led in procession.

¹²“For the ^anation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,

And the nations will surely be laid waste.

¹³“The ^aglory of Lebanon will come to you,

The ^bjuniper, the box tree, and the cypress together,

To adorn the place of My sanctuary with beautiful glory;

And I shall make the ^cplace of My feet glorious.

¹⁴“The ^asons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,

And all those who spurned you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet;

And they will call you the ^bCity of Yahweh,

The ^cZion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵“Instead of being ^aforsaken and ^bhated

With no one passing through,

I will make you an everlasting ^cpride,

A joy from generation to generation.

¹⁶“You will also ^asuck the milk of nations

And suck the breast of kings;

Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your ^bSavior

And your ^cRedeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷“Instead of bronze I will bring gold,

And instead of iron I will bring silver,

And instead of wood, bronze,

And instead of stones, iron.

And I will make peace your overseers

And righteousness your taskmasters.

¹⁸“^aViolence will not be heard again in your land,

Nor ^bdevastation or destruction within your borders;

But you will call your ^cwalls salvation, and your ^dgates praise.

¹⁹“No longer will you have the ^asun for light by day,

Nor for brightness will the moon give you light;

But you will have ^bYahweh for an everlasting light,

And your ^cGod for your ¹glory.

²⁰“Your ^asun will no longer set,

Nor will your moon wane;

For you will have Yahweh for an everlasting light,

And the days of your ^bmourning will be finished.

²¹“Then all your ^apeople will be righteous;

They will ^bpossess the land forever,

The branch of ¹My planting,

The ^cwork of My hands,

That I may show forth My ^dbeautiful glory.

²²“The ^asmallest one will become a ¹clan,

And the miniscule one a mighty nation.

I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.”

CHAPTER 61

Exaltation of the Afflicted

¹The ^aSpirit of Lord Yahweh is upon me

Because Yahweh has anointed me

To ^bbring good news to the ^1cafflicted;

He has sent me to ^dbind up the brokenhearted,

To ^eproclaim release to captives

And ²freedom to prisoners,

²To ^aproclaim the favorable year of Yahweh

And the ^bday of vengeance of our God,

To ^ccomfort all who mourn,

³To ^agrant those who mourn in Zion,

Giving them a headdress instead of ashes,

The ^boil of rejoicing instead of mourning,

The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.

So they will be called ^1coaks of righteousness,

The planting of Yahweh, that He may show forth His beautiful glory.

⁴Then they will ^arebuild the ancient waste places;

They will raise up the former desolations;

And they will make new the ruined cities,

The desolations from generation to generation.

^5aStrangers will stand and pasture your flocks,

And ¹foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.

⁶But you will be called the ^apriests of Yahweh;

You will be spoken of as ^bministers of our God.

You will eat the ^cwealth of nations,

And in their glories you will boast.

⁷Instead of your ^ashame you will have a ^bdouble portion,

And instead of dishonor they will shout for joy over their portion.

Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land;

^cEverlasting gladness will be theirs.

⁸For I, Yahweh, ^alove justice,

I hate robbery ¹in the burnt offering;

And in truth I will give them their recompense

And cut an ^beverlasting covenant with them.

⁹Then their seed will be known among the nations,

And their offspring in the midst of the peoples.

All who see them will recognize them

Because they are the ^aseed whom Yahweh has blessed.

¹⁰I will ^arejoice greatly in Yahweh;

My soul will rejoice in ^bmy God,

For He has ^cclothed me with garments of salvation,

He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom decks himself with a headdress,

And ^das a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

¹¹For as the ^aearth brings forth its branches,

And as a garden causes the things sown in it to branch out,

So Lord Yahweh will ^bcause ^crighteousness and praise

To branch out before all the nations.

CHAPTER 62

Zion’s Glory and New Name

¹For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,

Until her ^arighteousness goes forth like brightness,

And her ^bsalvation like a torch that is burning.

²The ^anations will see your righteousness,

And all kings your glory;

And you will be called by a new ^bname

Which the mouth of Yahweh will designate.

³You will also be a ^acrown of glory in the hand of Yahweh,

And a turban of royalty in the hand of your God.

⁴It will no longer be said to you, “^1aForsaken,”

Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “²Desolate”;

But you will be called, “³My delight is in her,”

And your land, “^4bMarried”;

For ^cYahweh takes pleasure in you,

And to Him your land will be married.

⁵For as a young man marries a virgin,

So your sons will marry you;

And as the ¹bridegroom rejoices over the bride,

So your ^aGod will rejoice over you.

⁶On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed ^awatchmen;

All day and all night they will never keep silent.

You who ^bremind Yahweh, take no rest for yourselves;

⁷And ^agive Him no rest until He establishes

And sets ^bJerusalem as a praise in the earth.

^8aYahweh has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,

“I will ^bnever again give your grain as food for your enemies;

Nor will ¹foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

⁹But those who ^acollect it will eat it and praise Yahweh;

And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.

¹⁰Go through, ^ago through the gates,

Clear the way ¹for the people;

^bBuild up, build up the ^chighway,

Remove the stones, raise up a ^dstandard over the peoples.

¹¹Behold, Yahweh has ¹announced to the ^aend of the earth,

^bSay to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your ^csalvation comes;

^dBehold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”

¹²And they will call them, “^aThe holy people,

The ^bredeemed of Yahweh”;

And you will be called, “Sought out, a city ^cnot forsaken.”