¹⁴ The children of your oppressors^(A) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(B) at your feet
and will call you the City^(C) of the Lord,
    Zion^(D) of the Holy One^(E) of Israel.

¹⁰ “Foreigners^(A) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings^(B) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor^(C) I will show you compassion.^(D)
11 Your gates^(E) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations^(F)—
    their kings^(G) led in triumphal procession.

⁴ “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble^(D) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,^(E)
    and your daughters^(F) are carried on the hip.^(G)
5 Then you will look and be radiant,^(H)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;^(I)
the wealth^(J) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.

⁶ Herds of camels^(A) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian^(B) and Ephah.^(C)
And all from Sheba^(D) will come,
    bearing gold and incense^(E)
    and proclaiming the praise^(F) of the Lord.
⁷ All Kedar’s^(G) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings^(H) on my altar,^(I)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.^(J)

⁹ I will bring forth descendants^(A) from Jacob,
    and from Judah those who will possess^(B) my mountains;
my chosen^(C) people will inherit them,
    and there will my servants live.^(D)

²⁰ “Never again will there be in it
    an infant^(A) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;^(B)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach^[a] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.
²¹ They will build houses^(C) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.^(D)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,^(E)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,^(F)
    so will be the days^(G) of my people;
my chosen^(H) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
²³ They will not labor in vain,^(I)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;^(J)
for they will be a people blessed^(K) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants^(L) with them.

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(G)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.
⁵ Strangers^(H) will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
⁶ And you will be called priests^(I) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth^(J) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.