Isaiah 60

¹ “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

² For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory will be seen on you.

³ 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 themselves together, they come to you. Your sons will come from far, and your daughters will be carried in the arms.

⁵ Then you will see and be radiant. Your heart will thrill and be enlarged, 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 dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Yahweh.

⁷ All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you. They will come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify my glorious house.

⁸ Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

⁹ Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.

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

¹¹ Your gates also will be open continually; they will not be shut day nor night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.

¹² For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish. Yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

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

¹⁴ The sons of those who afflicted you will come bending to you. All those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you The City of Yahweh, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵ Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

¹⁶ You will also suck the milk of the nations, and will nurse from the breast of kings. You will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷ For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron. I will also make your officers peace, and righteousness your ruler.

¹⁸ Violence will no more be heard in your land, desolation nor destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.

¹⁹ The sun will be no more your light by day; neither will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God your glory.

²⁰ Your sun will no more go down, neither will your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will be ended.

²¹ Your people also will be all righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

²² The little one will become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, Yahweh, will hasten it in its time.”