Isaiah 60:1-3

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The Glory of Zion

60 “Arise,^(A) shine, for your light^(B) has come,
    and the glory^(C) of the Lord rises upon you.
²See, darkness^(D) covers the earth
    and thick darkness^(E) is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.
³Nations^(F) will come to your light,^(G)
    and kings^(H) to the brightness of your dawn.

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Isaiah 60:19-22

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¹⁹The sun will no more be your light by day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,^(A)
    and your God will be your glory.^(B)
²⁰Your sun^(C) will never set again,
    and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of sorrow^(D) will end.
²¹Then all your people will be righteous^(E)
    and they will possess^(F) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,^(G)
    the work of my hands,^(H)
    for the display of my splendor.^(I)
²²The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.^(J)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”^(K)

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Isaiah 66:17-24

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¹⁷“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,^(A) following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs,^(B) rats^(C) and other unclean things—they will meet their end^(D) together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.

¹⁸“And I, because of what they have planned and done,^(E) am about to come^[a] and gather the people of all nations^(F) and languages, and they will come and see my glory.^(G)

¹⁹“I will set a sign^(H) among them, and I will send some of those who survive^(I) to the nations—to Tarshish,^(J) to the Libyans^[b] and Lydians^(K) (famous as archers), to Tubal^(L) and Greece,^(M) and to the distant islands^(N) that have not heard of my fame or seen my glory.^(O) They will proclaim my glory among the nations. ²⁰And they will bring^(P) all your people, from all the nations, to my holy mountain^(Q) in Jerusalem as an offering to the Lord—on horses, in chariots and wagons, and on mules and camels,”^(R) says the Lord. “They will bring them, as the Israelites bring their grain offerings, to the temple of the Lord in ceremonially clean vessels.^(S) ²¹And I will select some of them also to be priests^(T) and Levites,” says the Lord.

²²“As the new heavens and the new earth^(U) that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord, “so will your name and descendants endure.^(V) ²³From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath^(W) to another, all mankind will come and bow down^(X) before me,” says the Lord. ²⁴“And they will go out and look on the dead bodies^(Y) of those who rebelled^(Z) against me; the worms^(AA) that eat them will not die, the fire that burns them will not be quenched,^(AB) and they will be loathsome to all mankind.”