Isaiah 60

A Glorified Zion

1 “ ^aArise, 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 “ ^fNations will come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.

4 “ ^gRaise your eyes all around and see;
They all gather together, they ^hcome to you.
Your sons will come from afar,
And your ⁱdaughters will be ▼

▼Lit cared for

carried on the hip.
5 “Then you will see and be ^kradiant,
And your heart will ▼

▼Lit tremble and open wide

thrill and rejoice;
Because the ▼

▼Lit roar

, ⁿabundance of the sea will be turned to you,
The ^owealth of the nations will come to you.
6 “A multitude of camels will cover you,
The young camels of Midian and ^pEphah;
All those from ^qSheba will come;
They will bring ^rgold and frankincense,
And ^sproclaim good news of the praises of the Lord.
7 “All the flocks of ^tKedar will be gathered to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
They will go up on My ^ualtar with acceptance,
And I will ^vglorify My glorious house.
8 “ ^wWho are these who fly like a cloud
And like the doves to their windows?
9 “Certainly the ^xcoastlands will wait for Me;
And the ^yships of Tarshish will come first,
To ^zbring 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 ^aaglorified you.

10 “ ^abForeigners will build up your walls,
And their ^ackings will serve you;
For in My ^adwrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.
11 “Your ^aegates will be open continually;
They will not be closed day or night,
So that people may ^afbring you the wealth of the nations,
With ^agtheir kings led in procession.
12 “For the ^ahnation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,
And the nations will be utterly ruined.
13 “The ^aiglory of Lebanon will come to you,
The ^ajjuniper, the elm tree and the ▼

▼Or cypress

cedar together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I will make the ^alplace of My feet glorious.
14 “The ^amsons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,
And all those who despised you will bow down at the soles of your feet;
And they will call you the ^ancity of the Lord,
The ^aoZion of the Holy One of Israel.

15 “Whereas you have been ^apforsaken and ^aqhated
With no one passing through,
I will make you an ^arobject of pride forever,
A joy from generation to generation.
16 “You will also ^assuck the milk of nations,
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your ^atSavior
And your ^auRedeemer, 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 “ ^avViolence will not be heard again in your land,
Nor ^awdevastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your ^axwalls salvation, and your ^aygates praise.
19 “No longer will you have the ^azsun for light by day,
Nor will the moon give you light for brightness;
But you will have the ^baLord as an everlasting light,
And your ^bbGod as your ▼

▼Or beauty

glory.
20 “Your ^bdsun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have the Lord as an everlasting light,
And the days of your ^bemourning will be over.
21 “Then all your ^bfpeople will be righteous;
They will ^bgpossess the land forever,
The branch of ▼

▼Lit His

My planting,
The ^biwork of My hands,
That I may be ^bjglorified.
22 “The ^bksmallest one will become a thousand,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will bring it about quickly in its time.”