⁴ “[^LLift up your eyes and] Look around you.
    People are gathering and coming to you.
Your sons are coming from far away,
    and your daughters are ·coming with them [or carried on the hip; or nursed at their side; or escorted by guardians].
⁵ When you see them, you will ·shine with happiness [^Lshine; be radiant];
    you will be excited and ·full of joy [^Lyour heart will swell/enlarge],
because the wealth of the nations across the seas will be given to you;
    the riches of the nations will come to you.
⁶ ·Herds [or Caravans; ^LAn abundance of] of camels will cover your land,
    young camels from Midian and Ephah.
·People [^LAll] will come from Sheba [^Cunknown location, perhaps present-day Yemen, Eritrea, or Ethiopia; see 1 Kin. 10:1–13]
    bringing gold and ·incense [or frankincense],
    and they will sing praises to the Lord.
⁷ All the sheep from Kedar will be ·given [gathered] to you;
    the ·sheep [rams] from Nebaioth [Gen. 25:13] will ·be brought to [serve; minister to; ^Cperhaps for sacrifices] you.
They will be ·pleasing [acceptable] sacrifices on my altar,
    and I will ·make my beautiful Temple more beautiful [glorify/adorn my glorious Temple].

⁸ “·The people are returning to you [^LWho are these who fly…?] like clouds,
    like doves flying to their ·nests [shelters; ^Lwindows].
⁹ ·People in faraway lands [^LFor the coastlands/or islands] ·are waiting [or look] for me.
    The ·great trading ships [^Lships of Tarshish; 2:16] will come first,
bringing your children from ·faraway lands [afar],
    and with them silver and gold.
·This will honor [^L…for the name of] the Lord your God,
    the Holy One of Israel [1:4],
·who does wonderful things for you [^Lbecause he has glorified/beautified you].

¹⁰ “Jerusalem, foreigners will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings will serve you.
·When I was angry [^LIn my wrath], I ·hurt [struck] you,
    but now ·I want to be kind to you and comfort you [^Lin grace/favor I will have compassion/mercy on you].
¹¹ Your gates will always be open;
    they will not be closed day or night
so the nations can bring their wealth to you,
    and their kings ·will be led to you [or leading the way; ^Ceither as captives or leading the procession of gifts].
¹² The nation or kingdom that doesn’t serve you will ·be destroyed [perish];
    it will be completely ruined.

¹³ “The ·great trees [^Lglory] of Lebanon will ·be given [come] to you [35:2]:
    its ·pine [juniper], fir, and cypress trees together.
You will use them to make ·my Temple [^Lthe place of my sanctuary] beautiful,
    and I will ·give much honor to [glorify] ·this place where I rest [^Lthe place of] my feet [Ezek. 43:7].
¹⁴ The ·people who have hurt you [^Lchildren/sons of your oppressors] will bow down to you;
    those who ·hated [despised] you will bow down at your feet.
They will call you The City of the Lord,
    ·Jerusalem, city [^LZion; 59:20] of the Holy One of Israel [1:4].

¹⁵ “You have been ·hated [despised] and ·left empty [abandoned; forsaken]
    with no one passing through.
But I will make you great from now on;
    you will be a place of ·happiness [pride; majesty] ·forever and ever [for generations to come].
¹⁶ You will ·be given what you need from [^Ldrink the milk of] the nations,
    like a child ·drinking milk from its mother [nursing at royal breasts].
Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, ·who saves you [your savior].
    You will know that the Powerful One of Jacob ·protects [redeems] you.
¹⁷ I will bring you gold in place of bronze,
    silver in place of iron,
bronze in place of wood,
    iron in place of rocks.
I will ·change your punishment into peace [or make peace your governor/leader],
    and ·you will be ruled by what is right [righteousness will be your ruler].
¹⁸ There will be no more violence [^Lheard] in your country,
    no more ·ruin [devastation; havoc] or destruction within your borders.
You will name your walls Salvation
    and your gates Praise.
¹⁹ The sun will no longer be your light during the day
    nor will the brightness from the moon be your light,
because the Lord will be your ·light forever [everlasting light],
    and your God will be your glory [Zech. 14:6–7; Rev. 21:23; 22:5].
²⁰ Your sun will never set again,
    and your moon will ·never be dark [not wane/disappear],
because the Lord will be your ·light forever [everlasting light],
    and your ·time of sadness [days of mourning] will end.
²¹ All of your people will ·do what is right [be righteous].
    They will ·receive [possess; inherit] the earth forever.
They are the ·plant [branch; shoot] I have planted,
    the work of my own hands
    to show my ·greatness [glory; ^Cmanifest presence].
²² The ·smallest family will grow to [^Lleast of you will become] a thousand.
    The ·least important [smallest] of you will become a powerful nation.
I am the Lord,
    and ·when it is [^Lin its] time, I will ·make these things happen quickly [hasten it].”