Isaiah 60

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

²For 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.

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

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

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

⁶A multitude of camels shall cover you, the young camels of Midian and Ephah ; all those from Sheba shall come . They shall bring gold and frankincense , and shall bring good news , the praises of the Lord.

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

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

⁹For the coastlands shall hope for me, 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 made you beautiful .

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

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

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

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

¹⁴The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet ; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel .

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

¹⁶You shall suck the milk of nations ; you shall nurse at the breast of kings ; and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer , the Mighty One of Jacob .

¹⁷Instead 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 .

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

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

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

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

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