The Lord’s Glory in Zion

60 Arise, shine, for your light has come,(A)
and the glory of the Lord shines over you.[a](B)
For look, darkness covers the earth,
and total darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will shine over you,
and His glory will appear over you.
Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your radiance.(C)
Raise your eyes and look around:
they all gather and come to you;
your sons will come from far away,
and your daughters will be carried on the hip.(D)
Then you will see and be radiant,(E)
and your heart will tremble and rejoice,[b]
because the riches of the sea will become yours
and the wealth of the nations will come to you.(F)
Caravans of camels will cover your land[c]
young camels of Midian and Ephah—
all of them will come from Sheba.(G)
They will carry gold and frankincense(H)
and proclaim the praises of the Lord.
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you(I)
and go up on My altar as an acceptable sacrifice.(J)
I will glorify My beautiful house.(K)

Who are these who fly like a cloud,
like doves to their shelters?(L)
Yes, the islands will wait for Me(M)
with the ships of Tarshish in the lead,(N)
to bring your children from far away,(O)
their silver and gold with them,
for the honor of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,(P)
who has glorified you.(Q)
10 Foreigners will build up your walls,(R)
and their kings will serve you.(S)
Although I struck you in My wrath,
yet I will show mercy to you with My favor.(T)
11 Your gates will always be open;
they will never be shut day or night
so that the wealth of the nations
may be brought into you,(U)
with their kings being led in procession.
12 For the nation and the kingdom
that will not serve you will perish;
those nations will be annihilated.(V)
13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you(W)
its pine, fir, and cypress together(X)
to beautify the place of My sanctuary,
and I will glorify My dwelling place.[d]
14 The sons of your oppressors
will come and bow down to you;(Y)
all who reviled you
will fall facedown at your feet.(Z)
They will call you the City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.(AA)
15 Instead of your being deserted and hated,
with no one passing through,(AB)
I will make you an object of eternal pride,(AC)
a joy from age to age.
16 You will nurse on the milk of nations,
and nurse at the breast of kings;(AD)
you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior(AE)
and Redeemer,(AF) the Mighty One of Jacob.(AG)

17 I will bring gold instead of bronze;
I will bring silver instead of iron,
bronze instead of wood,
and iron instead of stones.
I will appoint peace as your guard
and righteousness as your ruler.
18 Violence will never again be heard of in your land;(AH)
devastation and destruction
will be gone from your borders.
But you will name your walls salvation(AI)
and your gates, praise.
19 The sun will no longer be your light by day,
and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you;
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,(AJ)
and your God will be your splendor.
20 Your sun will no longer set,
and your moon will not fade;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your sorrow will be over.(AK)
21 Then all your people will be righteous;(AL)
they will possess the land forever;(AM)
they are the branch I planted,
the work of My[e] hands,
so that I may be glorified.(AN)
22 The least will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.
I am Yahweh;
I will accomplish it quickly in its time.

Messiah’s Jubilee

61 The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me,(AO)
because the Lord has anointed Me
to bring good news to the poor.(AP)
He has sent Me to heal[f] the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;(AQ)
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,(AR)
and the day of our God’s vengeance;(AS)
to comfort(AT) all who mourn,
to provide for those who mourn in Zion;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,(AU)
and splendid clothes instead of despair.[g]
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the Lord
to glorify Him.(AV)

They will rebuild the ancient ruins;(AW)
they will restore the former devastations;
they will renew the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,
and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.(AX)
But you will be called the Lord’s priests;(AY)
they will speak of you as ministers of our God;
you will eat the wealth of the nations,
and you will boast in their riches.
Because your shame was double,(AZ)
and they cried out, “Disgrace is their portion,”
therefore, they will possess double in their land,(BA)
and eternal joy will be theirs.

For I Yahweh love justice;(BB)
I hate robbery and injustice;[h]
I will faithfully reward them
and make an everlasting covenant(BC) with them.
Their descendants will be known among the nations,
and their posterity among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.

10 I greatly rejoice in the Lord,
I exult in my God;
for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,(BD)
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.(BE)
11 For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.(BF)

Zion’s Restoration

62 I will not keep silent because of Zion,
and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,(BG)
until her righteousness shines like a bright light(BH)
and her salvation, like a flaming torch.
Nations will see your righteousness(BI)
and all kings, your glory.
You will be called by a new name
that the Lord’s mouth will announce.(BJ)
You will be a glorious crown in the Lord’s hand,
and a royal diadem in the palm of your God.(BK)
You will no longer be called Deserted,(BL)
and your land will not be called Desolate;
instead, you will be called My Delight is in Her,[i]
and your land Married;[j](BM)
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land will be married.
For as a young man marries a young woman,
so your sons will marry you;
and as a groom rejoices[k] over his bride,
so your God will rejoice over you.(BN)

Jerusalem,
I have appointed watchmen on your walls;(BO)
they will never be silent, day or night.
There is no rest for you,
who remind the Lord.
Do not give Him rest
until He establishes and makes Jerusalem
the praise of the earth.(BP)

The Lord has sworn with His right hand
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,(BQ)
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.
For those who gather grain will eat it
and praise the Lord,
and those who harvest the grapes will drink the wine
in My holy courts.

10 Go out, go out through the gates;
prepare a way for the people!
Build it up, build up the highway;(BR)
clear away the stones!
Raise a banner for the peoples.(BS)
11 Look, the Lord has proclaimed
to the ends of the earth,
“Say to Daughter Zion:(BT)
Look, your salvation is coming,
His reward is with Him,(BU)
and His gifts accompany Him.”
12 And they will be called[l] the Holy People,(BV)
the Lord’s Redeemed;
and you will be called Cared For,
A City Not Deserted.

The Lord’s Day of Vengeance

63 Who is this coming from Edom(BW)
in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah—
this One who is splendid in His apparel,
rising up proudly[m] in His great might?

It is I, proclaiming vindication,[n]
powerful to save.

Why are Your clothes red,
and Your garments like one who treads a winepress?(BX)

I trampled the winepress alone,
and no one from the nations was with Me.
I trampled them in My anger
and ground them underfoot in My fury;
their blood spattered My garments,
and all My clothes were stained.
For I planned the day of vengeance,[o](BY)
and the year of My redemption[p] came.
I looked, but there was no one to help,(BZ)
and I was amazed that no one assisted;
so My arm accomplished victory for Me,
and My wrath assisted Me.
I crushed nations in My anger;
I made them drunk with My wrath(CA)
and poured out their blood on the ground.(CB)

Remembrance of Grace

I will make known the Lord’s faithful love
and the Lord’s praiseworthy acts,
because of all the Lord has done for us—
even the many good things
He has done for the house of Israel
and has done for them based on His compassion
and the abundance of His faithful love.
He said, “They are indeed My people,
children who will not be disloyal,”
and He became their Savior.
In all their suffering, He suffered,[q](CC)
and the Angel of His Presence saved them.
He redeemed them
because of His love and compassion;(CD)
He lifted them up and carried them
all the days of the past.(CE)
10 But they rebelled
and grieved His Holy Spirit.(CF)
So He became their enemy
and fought against them.
11 Then He[r] remembered the days of the past,
the days of Moses and his people.
Where is He who brought them out of the sea
with the shepherds[s] of His flock?
Where is He who put His Holy Spirit among the flock?
12 He sent His glorious arm
to be at Moses’ right hand,
divided the waters before them(CG)
to obtain eternal fame for Himself,
13 and led them through the depths
like a horse in the wilderness,
so that they did not stumble.
14 Like cattle that go down into the valley,
the Spirit of the Lord gave them[t] rest.
You led Your people this way
to make a glorious name for Yourself.

Israel’s Prayer

15 Look down from heaven and see(CH)
from Your lofty home—holy and beautiful.
Where is Your zeal and Your might?
Your yearning[u] and Your compassion
are withheld from me.
16 Yet You are our Father,
even though Abraham does not know us
and Israel doesn’t recognize us.
You, Yahweh, are our Father;
from ancient times,
Your name is our Redeemer.(CI)
17 Why, Yahweh, do You make us stray from Your ways?
You harden our hearts so we do not fear[v] You.(CJ)
Return, because of Your servants,
the tribes of Your heritage.
18 Your holy people had a possession[w]
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
Your sanctuary.(CK)
19 We have become like those You never ruled over,
like those not called by Your name.(CL)
64 [x]If only You would tear the heavens open
and come down,(CM)
so that mountains would quake at Your presence(CN)
[y]as fire kindles the brushwood,
and fire causes water to boil—
to make Your name known to Your enemies,
so that nations will tremble at Your presence!
When You did awesome works(CO)
that we did not expect,
You came down,(CP)
and the mountains quaked at Your presence.
From ancient times no one has heard,
no one has listened,
no eye has seen any God except You,
who acts on behalf of the one who waits for Him.(CQ)
You welcome the one who joyfully does what is right;
they remember You in Your ways.
But we have sinned, and You were angry.
How can we be saved if we remain in our sins?[z]
All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted[aa] garment;(CR)
all of us wither like a leaf,(CS)
and our iniquities(CT) carry us away like the wind.
No one calls on Your name,
striving to take hold of You.
For You have hidden Your face from us(CU)
and made us melt because of[ab][ac] our iniquity.

Yet Lord, You are our Father;(CV)
we are the clay, and You are our potter;
we all are the work of Your hands.(CW)
Lord, do not be terribly angry
or remember our iniquity forever.(CX)
Please look—all of us are Your people!
10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness;
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.(CY)
11 Our holy and beautiful[ad] temple,
where our fathers praised You,
has been burned with fire,
and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.(CZ)
12 Lord, after all this, will You restrain Yourself?
Will You keep silent and afflict severely?(DA)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 60:1 = Jerusalem
  2. Isaiah 60:5 Lit expand
  3. Isaiah 60:6 Lit cover you
  4. Isaiah 60:13 Lit glorify the place of My feet
  5. Isaiah 60:21 LXX, DSS read His
  6. Isaiah 61:1 Lit bind up
  7. Isaiah 61:3 Lit a dim spirit
  8. Isaiah 61:8 Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read robbery with a burnt offering
  9. Isaiah 62:4 Or Hephzibah
  10. Isaiah 62:4 Or Beulah
  11. Isaiah 62:5 Lit and the rejoicing of the groom
  12. Isaiah 62:12 Lit will call them
  13. Isaiah 63:1 Syr, Vg read apparel, striding forward
  14. Isaiah 63:1 Or righteousness
  15. Isaiah 63:4 Lit For day of vengeance in My heart
  16. Isaiah 63:4 Or blood revenge
  17. Isaiah 63:9 Alt Hb tradition reads did not suffer
  18. Isaiah 63:11 Or he, or they
  19. Isaiah 63:11 LXX, Tg, Syr read shepherd
  20. Isaiah 63:14 Lit him
  21. Isaiah 63:15 Lit The agitation of Your inward parts
  22. Isaiah 63:17 Lit our heart from fearing
  23. Isaiah 63:18 Or Your people possessed Your holy place
  24. Isaiah 64:1 Is 63:19b in Hb
  25. Isaiah 64:2 Is 64:1 in Hb
  26. Isaiah 64:5 Lit angry; in them continually and we will be saved; Hb obscure
  27. Isaiah 64:6 Lit menstrual
  28. Isaiah 64:7 LXX, Syr, Vg, Tg read and delivered us into the hand of
  29. Isaiah 64:7 Lit melt by the hand
  30. Isaiah 64:11 Or glorious; Is 60:7

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