Isaiah 60:1–66:24
60 “Arise,d shine, for your lighte has come,
and the gloryf of the Lord rises upon you.
2 See, darknessg covers the earth
and thick darknessh is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
and his glory appears over you.
3 Nationsi will come to your light,j
and kingsk to the brightness of your dawn.
4 “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
All assemblel and come to you;
your sons come from afar,m
and your daughtersn are carried on the hip.o
5 Then you will look and be radiant,p
your heart will throb and swell with joy;q
the wealthr on the seas will be brought to you,
to you the riches of the nations will come.
6 Herds of camelss will cover your land,
young camels of Midiant and Ephah.u
And all from Shebav will come,
bearing gold and incensew
and proclaiming the praisex of the Lord.
7 All Kedar’sy flocks will be gathered to you,
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offeringsz on my altar,a
and I will adorn my glorious temple.b
8 “Who are thesec that fly along like clouds,d
like doves to their nests?
9 Surely the islandse look to me;
in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,a f
bringingg your children from afar,
with their silver and gold,h
to the honori of the Lord your God,
the Holy Onej of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.k
10 “Foreignersl will rebuild your walls,
and their kingsm will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
in favorn I will show you compassion.o
11 Your gatesp will always stand open,
they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nationsq—
their kingsr led in triumphal procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serves you will perish;
it will be utterly ruined.t
13 “The glory of Lebanonu will come to you,
the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,v
to adorn my sanctuary;w
and I will glorify the place for my feet.x
14 The children of your oppressorsy will come bowing before you;
all who despise you will bow downz at your feet
and will call you the Citya of the Lord,
Zionb of the Holy Onec of Israel.
15 “Although you have been forsakend and hated,
with no one travelinge through,
I will make you the everlasting pridef
and the joyg of all generations.
16 You will drink the milk of nations
and be nursedh at royal breasts.
Then you will knowi that I, the Lord, am your Savior,j
your Redeemer,k the Mighty One of Jacob.l
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,m
and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
and iron in place of stones.
I will make peacen your governor
and well-being your ruler.o
18 No longer will violencep be heard in your land,
nor ruin or destructionq within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvationr
and your gates Praise.s
19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,t
and your God will be your glory.u
20 Your sunv will never set again,
and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your days of sorroww will end.
21 Then all your people will be righteousx
and they will possessy the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,z
the work of my hands,a
for the display of my splendor.b
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.c
I am the Lord;
in its time I will do this swiftly.”d
61 The Spirite of the Sovereign Lordf is on me,
because the Lord has anointedg me
to proclaim good newsh to the poor.i
He has sent me to bind upj the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedomk for the captivesl
and release from darkness for the prisoners,a
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favorm
and the day of vengeancen of our God,
3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crownq of beauty
instead of ashes,r
the oils of joy
instead of mourning,t
and a garment of praise
instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
a plantingu of the Lord
for the display of his splendor.v
4 They will rebuild the ancient ruinsw
and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
that have been devastated for generations.
5 Strangersx will shepherd your flocks;
foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
6 And you will be called priestsy of the Lord,
you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealthz of nations,
and in their riches you will boast.
7 Instead of your shamea
you will receive a doubleb portion,
and instead of disgrace
you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inheritc a double portion in your land,
and everlasting joyd will be yours.
8 “For I, the Lord, love justice;e
I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
and make an everlasting covenantf with them.
9 Their descendantsg will be known among the nations
and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”h
10 I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoicesi in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,j
as a bridegroom adorns his headk like a priest,
and as a bridel adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the soil makes the sprout come up
and a gardenm causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousnessn
and praise spring up before all nations.
62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,o
for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindicationp shines out like the dawn,q
her salvationr like a blazing torch.
2 The nationss will see your vindication,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new namet
that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
3 You will be a crownu of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 No longer will they call you Deserted,v
or name your land Desolate.w
But you will be called Hephzibah,a x
and your land Beulahb;
for the Lord will take delighty in you,
and your land will be married.z
5 As a young man marries a young woman,
so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegrooma rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoiceb over you.
6 I have posted watchmenc on your walls, Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
give yourselves no rest,d
7 and give him no reste till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praisef of the earth.
8 The Lord has sworng by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grainh
as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
for which you have toiled;
9 but those who harvest it will eati it
and praise the Lord,j
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary.”k
10 Pass through, pass through the gates!l
Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!m
Remove the stones.
Raise a bannern for the nations.
11 The Lord has made proclamation
to the ends of the earth:o
“Say to Daughter Zion,p
‘See, your Savior comes!q
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.’ ”r
12 They will be calleds the Holy People,t
the Redeemedu of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
the City No Longer Deserted.v
God’s Day of Vengeance and Redemption
63 Who is this coming from Edom,w
from Bozrah,x with his garments stained crimson?y
Who is this, robed in splendor,
striding forward in the greatness of his strength?z
“It is I, proclaiming victory,
mighty to save.”a
like those of one treading the winepress?b
3 “I have trodden the winepressc alone;
from the nations no one was with me.
I trampledd them in my anger
and trod them down in my wrath;e
their blood spattered my garments,f
and I stained all my clothing.
4 It was for me the day of vengeance;g
the year for me to redeem had come.
5 I looked, but there was no oneh to help,
I was appalled that no one gave support;
so my own armi achieved salvation for me,
and my own wrath sustained me.j
6 I trampledk the nations in my anger;
in my wrath I made them drunkl
and poured their bloodm on the ground.”
7 I will tell of the kindnessesn of the Lord,
the deeds for which he is to be praised,
according to all the Lord has done for us—
yes, the many good thingso
he has done for Israel,
according to his compassionp and many kindnesses.
8 He said, “Surely they are my people,q
children who will be true to me”;
and so he became their Savior.r
9 In all their distress he too was distressed,
and the angels of his presencet saved them.a
In his love and mercy he redeemedu them;
he lifted them up and carriedv them
all the days of old.w
10 Yet they rebelledx
and grieved his Holy Spirit.y
So he turned and became their enemyz
and he himself foughta against them.
11 Then his people recalledb the days of old,
the days of Moses and his people—
where is he who brought them through the sea,b
with the shepherd of his flock?c
Where is he who set
his Holy Spiritd among them,
12 who sent his glorious arme of power
to be at Moses’ right hand,
who divided the watersf before them,
to gain for himself everlasting renown,g
13 who ledh them through the depths?i
Like a horse in open country,
they did not stumble;j
14 like cattle that go down to the plain,
they were given restk by the Spirit of the Lord.
This is how you guided your people
to make for yourself a glorious name.
15 Look down from heavenl and see,
from your lofty throne,m holy and glorious.
Where are your zealn and your might?
Your tenderness and compassiono are withheldp from us.
16 But you are our Father,q
though Abraham does not know us
or Israel acknowledger us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
our Redeemers from of old is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wandert from your ways
and harden our heartsu so we do not reverev you?
Returnw for the sake of your servants,
the tribes that are your inheritance.x
18 For a little whiley your people possessed your holy place,
but now our …