Isaiah 60

¹ Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

² For behold, darkness will cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the LORD will rise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.

³ And nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.

⁴ Lift up your eyes all around, and see;
they all gather together; they come to you;
your sons will come from afar,
and your daughters will be carried on the hip.

⁵ Then you will see and be radiant;
your heart will thrill and exalt,
because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you;
the wealth of the nations will come to you.

⁶ A multitude of camels will cover you,
the young camels of Midian and Ephah;
all those from Sheba will come.
They will bring gold and frankincense,
and will proclaim the praise of the LORD.

⁷ All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;
they will come up with acceptance on my altar,
and I will beautify my beautiful house.

⁸ Who are these that fly like a cloud,
and like doves to their windows?

⁹ For the coastlands will hope in me,
and the ships of Tarshish first,
to 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 he has glorified you.

¹⁰ Foreigners will build your walls,
and their kings will serve you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

¹¹ Your gates will be open continually;
day and night they will not be shut,
that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
with their kings led in procession.

¹² For the nation and kingdom
that will not serve you will perish;
those nations will be utterly laid waste.

¹³ The glory of Lebanon will come to you,
the cypress, the plane tree, and the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

¹⁴ The sons of those who oppressed you
will come bowing to you,
and all who despised you
will bow down at your feet;
they will call you the City of the LORD,
the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵ Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
I will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.

¹⁶ You will drink the milk of nations;
you will nurse at the breast of kings;
and you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, the 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
and your taskmasters righteousness.

¹⁸ Violence will no more be heard in your land,
devastation or destruction within your borders;
you will call your walls Salvation
and your gates Praise.

¹⁹ The sun will be your light no more by day,
nor for brightness will the moon give you light;
but the LORD will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.

²⁰ Your sun will no more go down,
nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the LORD will be your everlasting light,
and your days of mourning will be ended.

²¹ Your people will all be righteous;
they will possess the land forever;
the branch of my planting,
the work of my hands,
that I might be glorified.

²² The least one will become a clan,
and the smallest one a mighty nation;
I am the LORD;
in its time I will hasten it.