Isaiah 60

Chapter 60

A Glorified Zion

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

And the ^cglory of the Lord has risen upon you.

²“For behold, ^adarkness will cover the earth

And deep darkness the peoples;

But the Lord 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 in the arms.

⁵“Then you will see and be ^aradiant,

And your heart will ¹thrill and rejoice;

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 the Lord.

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 ^1cglorify My ²glorious house.

⁸“^aWho are these who fly like a cloud

And like the doves to their ¹lattices?

⁹“Surely the ^acoastlands will wait for 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 the Lord your God,

And for the Holy One of Israel because He has ^1dglorified you.

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 be utterly ruined.

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

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

To beautify the place of My sanctuary;

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 despised you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet;

And they will call you the ^bcity of the Lord,

The ^cZion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵“Whereas you have been ^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, the Lord, 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 administrators

And righteousness your overseers.

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 the ^bLord 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 the Lord for an everlasting light,

And the days of your ^bmourning will be over.

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 be ^dglorified.

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

And the least one a mighty nation.

I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”