Isaiah 60:1-6

Contemporary English Version

A New Day for Jerusalem

60 Jerusalem, stand up! Shine!
    Your new day is dawning.
The glory of the Lord
    shines brightly on you.
²The earth and its people
    are covered with darkness,
but the glory of the Lord
    is shining upon you.
³Nations and kings
will come to the light
    of your dawning day.

Crowds Are Coming to Jerusalem

The Lord said:

⁴^(A) Open your eyes! Look around!
    Crowds are coming.
Your sons are on their way
    from distant lands;
your daughters are being carried
    like little children.
⁵When you see this,
    your faces will glow;
your hearts will pound
    and swell with pride.^[a]
Treasures from across the sea
and the wealth of nations
    will be brought to you.
⁶Your country will be covered
with caravans of young camels
    from Midian and Ephah.^[b]
The people of Sheba^[c]
will bring gold and spices
    in praise of me, the Lord.

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Footnotes

60.5 swell with pride: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
60.6 Midian … Ephah: Midian was the ancestor of a nomadic tribe of the Arabian desert, east of the Gulf of Aqaba. Ephah was a clan within the tribe of Midian.
60.6 Sheba: Perhaps a place in what is now southwest Arabia. The Queen of Sheba brought gifts to Solomon (1 Kings 10.1-13).