Isaiah 60:10–17

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