Isa 60 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ Arise , shine ; for your light has come , And the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Isaiah 60

A Glorified Zion

1 ^a“Arise, shine; for your ^blight has come,
And the ^cglory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 “For behold, ^ddarkness will cover the earth
And deep darkness the peoples;
But the Lord will rise upon you
And His ^eglory will appear upon you.
3 ^f“Nations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

4 ^g“Lift up your eyes round about and see;
They all gather together, they ^hcome to you.
Your sons will come from afar,
And your ⁱdaughters will be ^{▼▼ Lit nursed upon the side}carried in the arms.
5 “Then you will see and be ^kradiant,
And your heart will ^{▼▼ Lit tremble and be enlarged}thrill and rejoice;
Because the ^mabundance of the sea will be turned to you,
The ⁿwealth of the nations will come to you.
6 “A multitude of camels will cover you,
The young camels of Midian and ^oEphah;
All those from ^pSheba will come;
They will bring ^qgold and frankincense,
And will ^rbear good news of the praises of the Lord.
7 “All the flocks of ^sKedar will be gathered together to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;
They will go up with acceptance on My ^taltar,
And I shall ^{▼▼ Or beautify
,} ^vglorify My ^{▼▼ Or beautiful}glorious house.
8 ^x“Who are these who fly like a cloud
And like the doves to their ^{▼▼ Or dovecotes, windows}lattices?
9 “Surely the ^zcoastlands will wait for Me;
And the ^aaships of Tarshish will come first,
To ^abbring your sons from afar,
Their silver and their gold with them,
For the name of the Lord your God,
And for the Holy One of Israel because He has ^{▼▼ Lit beautified
,} ^adglorified you.

10 ^ae“Foreigners will build up your walls,
And their ^afkings will minister to you;
For in My ^agwrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.
11 “Your ^ahgates will be open continually;
They will not be closed day or night,
So that men may ^aibring to you the wealth of the nations,
With ^ajtheir kings led in procession.
12 “For the ^aknation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,
And the nations will be utterly ruined.
13 “The ^alglory of Lebanon will come to you,
The ^amjuniper, the box tree and the cypress together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I shall make the ^anplace of My feet glorious.
14 “The ^aosons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,
And all those who despised you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet;
And they will call you the ^apcity of the Lord,
The ^aqZion of the Holy One of Israel.

15 “Whereas you have been ^arforsaken and ^ashated
With no one passing through,
I will make you an everlasting ^atpride,
A joy from generation to generation.
16 “You will also ^ausuck the milk of nations
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your ^avSavior
And your ^awRedeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 “Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
And instead of iron I will bring silver,
And instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
And I will make peace your administrators
And righteousness your overseers.
18 ^ax“Violence will not be heard again in your land,
Nor ^aydevastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your ^azwalls salvation, and your ^bagates praise.
19 “No longer will you have the ^bbsun for light by day,
Nor for brightness will the moon give you light;
But you will have the ^bcLord for an everlasting light,
And your ^bdGod for your ^{▼▼ Or beauty}glory.
20 “Your ^bfsun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have the Lord for an everlasting light,
And the days of your ^bgmourning will be over.
21 “Then all your ^bhpeople will be righteous;
They will ^bipossess the land forever,
The branch of ^{▼▼ Lit His}My planting,
The ^bkwork of My hands,
That I may be ^blglorified.
22 “The ^bmsmallest one will become a ^{▼▼ Or thousand}clan,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”