Isa 60 | ESV | STEP | Arise , shine , for your light has come , and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Isaiah 60

The Future Glory of Israel

1 ^aArise, shine, for your light has come,
and ^bthe glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 ^cAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 ^dLift up your eyes all around, and see;
they all gather together, they come to you;
^eyour sons shall come from afar,
and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
5 Then you shall see and ^fbe radiant;
your heart shall thrill and exult, ^{▼▼Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide}
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
^hthe wealth of the nations shall come to you.
6 A multitude of camels shall cover you,
the young camels of ⁱMidian and ^jEphah;
all those from ^kSheba shall come.
^lThey shall bring gold and frankincense,
and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of ^mKedar shall be gathered to you;
the rams of ⁿNebaioth shall minister to you;
^othey shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
^pand I will beautify my beautiful house.
8 Who are these that fly like a cloud,
and ^qlike doves to their windows?
9 For ^rthe coastlands shall hope for me,
^sthe ships of Tarshish first,
^tto bring your children from afar,
their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel,
because ^uhe has made you beautiful.
10 ^vForeigners shall build up your walls,
and ^wtheir kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 ^xYour gates shall be open continually;
day and night they shall not be shut,
^ythat people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
with their kings led in procession.
12 ^zFor the nation and kingdom
that will not serve you shall perish;
those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
13 ^aaThe glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress, the plane, and ^abthe pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 ^acThe sons of those who afflicted you
shall come bending low to you,
^adand all who despised you
shall bow down at your feet;
^aethey shall call you the City of the Lord,
the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 ^afWhereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
^agI will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.
16 ^ahYou shall suck the milk of nations;
you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that ^aiI, the Lord, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, ^ajthe Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
^akand your taskmasters righteousness.
18 ^alViolence shall no more be heard in your land,
devastation or destruction within your borders;
^amyou shall call your walls Salvation,
and your gates Praise.
19 ^anThe sun shall be no more
your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
give you light; ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night}
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory. ^{▼▼Or your beauty}
20 Your sun shall no more go down,
nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and ^aqyour days of mourning shall be ended.
21 ^arYour people shall all be righteous;
^asthey shall possess the land forever,
^atthe branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
that I might be glorified. ^{▼▼Or that I might display my beauty}
22 ^avThe least one shall become a clan,
and the smallest one a mighty nation;
^awI am the Lord;
in its time I will hasten it.