Isaiah 60:9-18

English Standard Version

⁹For ^(A)the coastlands shall hope for me,
    ^(B)the ships of Tarshish first,
^(C)to bring your children from afar,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because ^(D)he has made you beautiful.

¹⁰^(E)Foreigners shall build up your walls,
    and ^(F)their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
¹¹^(G)Your gates shall be open continually;
    day and night they shall not be shut,
^(H)that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
    with their kings led in procession.
¹²^(I)For the nation and kingdom
    that will not serve you shall perish;
    those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
¹³^(J)The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
    the cypress, the plane, and ^(K)the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
¹⁴^(L)The sons of those who afflicted you
    shall come bending low to you,
^(M)and all who despised you
    shall bow down at your feet;
^(N)they shall call you the City of the Lord,
    the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵^(O)Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
    with no one passing through,
^(P)I will make you majestic forever,
    a joy from age to age.
¹⁶^(Q)You shall suck the milk of nations;
    you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that ^(R)I, the Lord, am your Savior
    and your Redeemer, ^(S)the Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
    and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
    instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
    ^(T)and your taskmasters righteousness.
¹⁸^(U)Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
    devastation or destruction within your borders;
^(V)you shall call your walls Salvation,
    and your gates Praise.