Isaiah 60

The Ingathering of the Dispersed

⁶⁰Arise, shine, for your light has come,

and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.^*

²For darkness shall cover the earth

and thick darkness the peoples,

but the Lord will arise upon you,

and his glory will appear over you.^*

³Nations shall come to your light

and kings to the brightness of your dawn.^*

⁴Lift up your eyes and look around;

they all gather together; they come to you;

your sons shall come from far away,

and your daughters shall be carried in their nurses’ arms.^*

⁵Then you shall see and be radiant;

your heart shall thrill and rejoice,^d

because the abundance of the sea shall be brought to you;

the wealth of the nations shall come to you.^*

⁶A multitude of camels shall cover you,

the young camels of Midian and Ephah;

all those from Sheba shall come.

They shall bring gold and frankincense

and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord.^*

⁷All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you;

the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;

they shall be acceptable on my altar,^e

and I will glorify my glorious house.^*

⁸Who are these that fly like a cloud

and like doves to their windows?

⁹For the coastlands shall wait for me,

the ships of Tarshish first,

to bring your children from far away,

their silver and gold with them,

for the name of the Lord your God

and for the Holy One of Israel,

because he has glorified you.^*

¹⁰Foreigners shall build up your walls,

and their kings shall minister to you,

for in my wrath I struck you down,

but in my favor I have had mercy on you.^*

¹¹Your gates shall always be open;

day and night they shall not be shut,

so that nations shall bring you their wealth,

with their kings led in procession.^*

¹²For the nation and kingdom

that will not serve you shall perish;

those nations shall be utterly laid waste.^*

¹³The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,

the cypress, the plane, and the pine,

to beautify the place of my sanctuary,

and I will glorify where my feet rest.^*

¹⁴The descendants of those who oppressed you

shall come bending low to you,

and all who despised you

shall bow down at your feet;

they shall call you the City of the Lord,

the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.^*

¹⁵Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,

with no one passing through,

I will make you majestic forever,

a joy from age to age.^*

¹⁶You shall suck the milk of nations;

you shall suck the breasts of kings,

and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior

and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.^*

¹⁷Instead of bronze I will bring gold;

instead of iron I will bring silver;

instead of wood, bronze;

instead of stones, iron.

I will appoint Peace as your overseer

and Righteousness as your taskmaster.

¹⁸Violence shall no more be heard in your land,

devastation or destruction within your borders;

you shall call your walls Salvation

and your gates Praise.^*

God the Glory of Zion

¹⁹The sun shall no longer be

your light by day,

nor for brightness shall the moon

give light to you by night,^f

but the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your glory.^*

²⁰Your sun shall no more go down

or your moon withdraw itself,

for the Lord will be your everlasting light,

and your days of mourning shall be ended.^*

²¹Your people shall all be righteous;

they shall possess the land forever.

They are the shoot that I planted, the work of my hands,

so that I might be glorified.^*

²²The least of them shall become a clan

and the smallest one a mighty nation;

I am the Lord;

in its time I will accomplish it quickly.^*