Isaiah 60:15-22

Modern English Version

¹⁵ Whereas you have been forsaken
    and hated so that no man went through you,
I will make you an eternal excellency,
    a joy of many generations.
¹⁶ You shall also suck the milk of the nations
    and suck the breast of kings;
then you shall 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;
and instead of wood, bronze;
    and instead of stones, iron.
I will also make your officers peace
    and your exactors righteousness.
¹⁸ Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
    nor devastation or destruction within your borders;
but you shall call your walls Salvation
    and your gates Praise.
¹⁹ The sun shall no longer be your light by day,
    nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you;
but the Lord shall be an everlasting light to you
    and your God for your glory.
²⁰ Your sun shall no more go down,
    nor shall your moon wane;
for the Lord shall be your everlasting light,
    and the days of your mourning shall end.
²¹ Then all your people shall be righteous;
    they shall inherit the land forever,
the branch of My planting,
    the work of My hands,
    that I may be glorified.
²² A little one shall become a thousand,
    and a small one a strong nation.
I, the Lord,
    will hasten it in its time.