Isaiah 60

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