Isaiah 60:1-22
60 “Arise, O woman,+ shed light, for your light has come.
The glory of Jehovah shines on you.+
2 For look! darkness will cover the earthAnd thick gloom the nations;But on you Jehovah will shine,And on you his glory will be seen.
3 Nations will go to your light+And kings+ to your shining splendor.*+
4 Raise your eyes and look all around you!
They have all been assembled; they are coming to you.
From far away your sons keep coming,+And your daughters being supported on the hip.+
5 At that time you will see and become radiant,+And your heart will throb and overflow,Because the wealth of the sea will be directed to you;The resources of the nations will come to you.+
6 Throngs of camels will cover your land,*Young male camels of Midʹi·an and Eʹphah.+
All those from Sheʹba—they will come;Gold and frankincense they will carry.
They will proclaim the praises of Jehovah.+
7 All the flocks of Keʹdar+ will be gathered to you.
The rams of Ne·baʹioth+ will serve you.
They will come on my altar with approval,+And I will beautify my glorious house.*+
8 Who are these that fly along like clouds,Like doves to their dovecotes?*
9 For in me the islands will hope;+The ships of Tarʹshish are in the lead,*To bring your sons from far away,+Along with their silver and their gold,To the name of Jehovah your God and to the Holy One of Israel,For he will glorify* you.+
10 Foreigners will build your walls,And their kings will minister to you,+For in my indignation I struck you,But in my favor* I will have mercy on you.+
11 Your gates will be kept open constantly;+They will not be closed by day or by night,To bring to you the resources of the nations,And their kings will take the lead.+
12 For any nation and any kingdom that will not serve you will perish,And the nations will be utterly devastated.+
13 To you the glory of Lebʹa·non will come,+The juniper tree, the ash tree, and the cypress together,+To beautify the place of my sanctuary;I will glorify the place for my feet.+
14 The sons of those who oppressed you will come and bow down before you;All those treating you disrespectfully must bow down at your feet,And they will have to call you the city of Jehovah,Zion of the Holy One of Israel.+
15 Instead of your being abandoned and hated, with nobody passing through,+I will make you a source of everlasting pride,A cause for rejoicing throughout all generations.+
16 And you will actually drink the milk of nations,+At the breast of kings you will nurse;+And you will certainly know that I, Jehovah, am your Savior,And the Powerful One of Jacob is your Repurchaser.+
17 Instead of the copper I will bring in gold,And instead of the iron I will bring in silver,Instead of the wood, copper,And instead of the stones, iron;And I will appoint peace as your overseersAnd righteousness as your task assigners.+
18 No more will violence be heard in your landOr destruction and ruin within your boundaries.+
And you will call your walls Salvation+ and your gates Praise.
19 For you the sun will no longer be a light by day,Nor will the shining of the moon give you light,For Jehovah will become to you an eternal light,+And your God will be your beauty.+
20 No more will your sun set,Nor will your moon wane,For Jehovah will become for you an eternal light,+And the days of your mourning will have ended.+
21 And all your people will be righteous;They will possess the land forever.
They are the sprout that I planted,The work of my hands,+ for me to be beautified.+
22 The little one will become a thousandAnd the small one a mighty nation.
I myself, Jehovah, will speed it up in its own time.”
Footnotes
^ Or “to the brightness of your dawn.”
^ Lit., “you.”
^ Or “my house of beauty.”
^ Or “to the openings in the birdhouse?”
^ Or “beautify.”
^ Or “as at the first.”
^ Or “goodwill.”