15 “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
So that no one went through you,
I will make you an eternal excellence,
A joy of many generations.
16 You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles,
(A)And milk the breast of kings;
You shall know that (B)I, the Lord, am your Savior
And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

17 “Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
Instead of iron I will bring silver,
Instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
I will also make your officers peace,
And your magistrates righteousness.
18 Violence shall no longer be heard in your land,
Neither [a]wasting nor destruction within your borders;
But you shall call (C)your walls Salvation,
And your gates Praise.

God the Glory of His People

19 “The (D)sun shall no longer be your light by day,
Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you;
But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light,
And (E)your God your glory.
20 (F)Your sun shall no longer go down,
Nor shall your moon withdraw itself;
For the Lord will be your everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning shall be ended.
21 (G)Also your people shall all be righteous;
(H)They shall inherit the land forever,
(I)The branch of My planting,
(J)The work of My hands,
That I may be glorified.
22 (K)A little one shall become a thousand,
And a small one a strong nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 60:18 devastation

15 Instead of you being forsaken
    and hated with no one passing through,[a]
I will make[b] you an everlasting object of pride,[c]
    a joy of coming generations.[d]
16 And you shall suck the milk of nations,
    and suck the breast of kings,
and you shall know that I am Yahweh your Savior,
    and your Redeemer, the Strong One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
    and instead of iron I will bring silver,
and instead of wood, bronze,
    and instead of stones, iron.
And I will appoint[e] peace as your overseer,
    and righteousness as your ruling body.[f]
18 Violence shall no longer be heard in your land;
    devastation or[g] destruction on your borders.
And you shall call your walls Salvation,
    and your gates, Praise.
19 The sun shall no longer be your light by day,
    and for bright light the moon shall not give you light,
but[h] Yahweh will be your everlasting light,
    and your God your glory.
20 Your sun shall no longer go down,
    and your moon shall not wane,[i]
for Yahweh himself will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of mourning shall come to an end.
21 And all your people shall be righteous;
    they shall take possession of the land forever,
the shoot of his[j] planting,
    the work of my hands, to show my glory.
22 The small one shall become a tribe,
    and the smallest one a mighty nation.

I am Yahweh; I will hasten it in its time.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 60:15 Or “and there is not one who passes through”
  2. Isaiah 60:15 Literally “place”
  3. Isaiah 60:15 Literally “pride”
  4. Isaiah 60:15 Literally “generation and generation”
  5. Isaiah 60:17 Literally “put”
  6. Isaiah 60:17 Literally “they who force you to work”
  7. Isaiah 60:18 Or “and”
  8. Isaiah 60:19 Or “and”
  9. Isaiah 60:20 Literally “be taken away”
  10. Isaiah 60:21 The reading tradition (Qere) has “my”