Isaiah 60:1-7

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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.

⁴“Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble^(I) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,^(J)
    and your daughters^(K) are carried on the hip.^(L)
⁵Then you will look and be radiant,^(M)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;^(N)
the wealth^(O) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.
⁶Herds of camels^(P) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian^(Q) and Ephah.^(R)
And all from Sheba^(S) will come,
    bearing gold and incense^(T)
    and proclaiming the praise^(U) of the Lord.
⁷All Kedar’s^(V) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings^(W) on my altar,^(X)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.^(Y)

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Isaiah 60:11-16

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¹¹Your gates^(A) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations^(B)—
    their kings^(C) led in triumphal procession.
¹²For the nation or kingdom that will not serve^(D) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.^(E)

¹³“The glory of Lebanon^(F) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,^(G)
to adorn my sanctuary;^(H)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.^(I)
¹⁴The children of your oppressors^(J) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(K) at your feet
and will call you the City^(L) of the Lord,
    Zion^(M) of the Holy One^(N) of Israel.

¹⁵“Although you have been forsaken^(O) and hated,
    with no one traveling^(P) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride^(Q)
    and the joy^(R) of all generations.
¹⁶You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed^(S) at royal breasts.
Then you will know^(T) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,^(U)
    your Redeemer,^(V) the Mighty One of Jacob.^(W)

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Isaiah 61:10-62:5

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¹⁰I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices^(A) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,^(B)
as a bridegroom adorns his head^(C) like a priest,
    and as a bride^(D) adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden^(E) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness^(F)
    and praise spring up before all nations.

Zion’s New Name

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,^(G)
    for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication^(H) shines out like the dawn,^(I)
    her salvation^(J) like a blazing torch.
²The nations^(K) will see your vindication,
    and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name^(L)
    that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
³You will be a crown^(M) of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
    a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
⁴No longer will they call you Deserted,^(N)
    or name your land Desolate.^(O)
But you will be called Hephzibah,^[a]^(P)
    and your land Beulah^[b];
for the Lord will take delight^(Q) in you,
    and your land will be married.^(R)
⁵As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom^(S) rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice^(T) over you.