Isaiah 60–62

The Glory of Zion

60“Arise,^d shine, for your light^e has come,

and the glory^f of the Lord rises upon you.

²See, darkness^g covers the earth

and thick darkness^h is over the peoples,

but the Lord rises upon you

and his glory appears over you.

³Nationsⁱ will come to your light,^j

and kings^k to the brightness of your dawn.

⁴“Lift up your eyes and look about you:

All assemble^l and come to you;

your sons come from afar,^m

and your daughtersⁿ are carried on the hip.^o

⁵Then you will look and be radiant,^p

your heart will throb and swell with joy;^q

the wealth^r on the seas will be brought to you,

to you the riches of the nations will come.

⁶Herds of camels^s will cover your land,

young camels of Midian^t and Ephah.^u

And all from Sheba^v will come,

bearing gold and incense^w

and proclaiming the praise^x of the Lord.

⁷All Kedar’s^y flocks will be gathered to you,

the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;

they will be accepted as offerings^z on my altar,^a

and I will adorn my glorious temple.^b

⁸“Who are these^c that fly along like clouds,^d

like doves to their nests?

⁹Surely the islands^e look to me;

in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,^af

bringing^g your children from afar,

with their silver and gold,^h

to the honorⁱ of the Lord your God,

the Holy One^j of Israel,

for he has endowed you with splendor.^k

¹⁰“Foreigners^l will rebuild your walls,

and their kings^m will serve you.

Though in anger I struck you,

in favorⁿ I will show you compassion.^o

¹¹Your gates^p will always stand open,

they will never be shut, day or night,

so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations^q—

their kings^r led in triumphal procession.

¹²For the nation or kingdom that will not serve^s you will perish;

it will be utterly ruined.^t

¹³“The glory of Lebanon^u 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

¹⁴The children of your oppressors^y will come bowing before you;

all who despise you will bow down^z at your feet

and will call you the City^a of the Lord,

Zion^b of the Holy One^c of Israel.

¹⁵“Although you have been forsaken^d and hated,

with no one traveling^e through,

I will make you the everlasting pride^f

and the joy^g of all generations.

¹⁶You will drink the milk of nations

and be nursed^h at royal breasts.

Then you will knowⁱ that I, the Lord, am your Savior,^j

your Redeemer,^k the Mighty One of Jacob.^l

¹⁷Instead 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

¹⁸No longer will violence^p be heard in your land,

nor ruin or destruction^q within your borders,

but you will call your walls Salvation^r

and your gates Praise.^s

¹⁹The 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

²⁰Your sun^v will never set again,

and your moon will wane no more;

the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your days of sorrow^w will end.

²¹Then all your people will be righteous^x

and they will possess^y the land forever.

They are the shoot I have planted,^z

the work of my hands,^a

for the display of my splendor.^b

²²The 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

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61The Spirit^e of the Sovereign Lord^f is on me,

because the Lord has anointed^g me

to proclaim good news^h to the poor.ⁱ

He has sent me to bind up^j the brokenhearted,

to proclaim freedom^k for the captives^l

and release from darkness for the prisoners,^a

²to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor^m

and the day of vengeanceⁿ of our God,

to comfort^o all who mourn,^p

³and provide for those who grieve in Zion—

to bestow on them a crown^q of beauty

instead of ashes,^r

the oil^s 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 planting^u of the Lord

for the display of his splendor.^v

⁴They will rebuild the ancient ruins^w

and restore the places long devastated;

they will renew the ruined cities

that have been devastated for generations.

⁵Strangers^x will shepherd your flocks;

foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.

⁶And you will be called priests^y of the Lord,

you will be named ministers of our God.

You will feed on the wealth^z of nations,

and in their riches you will boast.

⁷Instead of your shame^a

you will receive a double^b portion,

and instead of disgrace

you will rejoice in your inheritance.

And so you will inherit^c a double portion in your land,

and everlasting joy^d 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 covenant^f with them.

⁹Their descendants^g 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

¹⁰I 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 head^k like a priest,

and as a bride^l adorns herself with her jewels.

¹¹For as the soil makes the sprout come up

and a garden^m causes seeds to grow,

so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousnessⁿ

and praise spring up before all nations.

Zion’s New Name

62For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,^o

for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,

till her vindication^p shines out like the dawn,^q

her salvation^r like a blazing torch.

²The nations^s will see your vindication,

and all kings your glory;

you will be called by a new name^t

that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.

³You will be a crown^u of splendor in the Lord’s hand,

a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

⁴No longer will they call you Deserted,^v

or name your land Desolate.^w

But you will be called Hephzibah,^ax

and your land Beulah^b;

for the Lord will take delight^y in you,

and your land will be married.^z

⁵As a young man marries a young woman,

so will your Builder marry you;

as a bridegroom^a rejoices over his bride,

so will your God rejoice^b over you.

⁶I have posted watchmen^c on your walls, Jerusalem;

they will never be silent day or night.

You who call on the Lord,

give yourselves no rest,^d

⁷and give him no rest^e till he establishes Jerusalem

and makes her the praise^f of the earth.

⁸The Lord has sworn^g by his right hand

and by his mighty arm:

“Never again will I give your grain^h

as food for your enemies,

and never again will foreigners drink the new wine

for which you have toiled;

⁹but 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

¹⁰Pass 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.

¹¹The 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

¹²They will be called^s the Holy People,^t

the Redeemed^u of the Lord;

and you will be called Sought After,

the City No Longer Deserted.^v