Isaiah 60:1-14

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⁴ “Lift up your eyes and look around:
    They all gather together, they come to you;
your sons will come from far away,
    and your daughters will be carried on the hip.”^[d]
5 Then you will look and be radiant;
    your heart will swell with joy,^[e]
because the abundance of the seas will be diverted to you,
    and the riches of the nations will come to you.
⁶ Throngs of camels will blanket you:
    the young camels of Midian and Ephu;^[f]
        all those from Shebu^[g] will come.
They’ll carry gold and frankincense,
    and proclaim the praise of the Lord.
⁷ All Kedar’s flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you.
and^[h] they’ll come up with acceptance upon^[i] my altar,
    and I’ll glorify my glorious house.”

¹⁰ “Foreigners will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings will serve you.
Though in my anger I struck you down,
        in my favor I have shown you mercy.
¹¹ Your gates will always stand open
    by day or night, and^[l] they will not be shut,
so that nations will bring you their wealth,
    with their kings led in procession.
¹² For the nation or kingdom
    that will not serve you will perish;
        those nations will be utterly ruined.

¹³ “He has given you^[m] the glory of Lebanon,
    and it will come^[n] to you,
        the cypress, and^[o] the plane tree,^[p] and the pine,
to adorn the place of my sanctuary;
    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

¹⁴ “All^[q] the descendants of those who oppressed you
    will come bending low before you,
and all those who despised you
    will bow down at your feet.
They’ll call you ‘The City of the Lord,’
    ‘Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’”