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22 Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the Lord.(A)

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22 And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord Almighty and to entreat him.”(A)

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21 the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ‘Come, let us go to entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek the Lord of hosts; I myself am going.’(A)

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21 and the inhabitants of one city will go to another and say, ‘Let us go at once to entreat(A) the Lord and seek(B) the Lord Almighty. I myself am going.’

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24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.(A)

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24 The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their splendor into it.(A)

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Lord, who will not fear
    and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
    All nations will come
    and worship before you,
for your judgments have been revealed.”(A)

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Who will not fear you, Lord,(A)
    and bring glory to your name?(B)
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come
    and worship before you,(C)
for your righteous acts(D) have been revealed.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 15:4 Phrases in this song are drawn from Psalm 111:2,3; Deut. 32:4; Jer. 10:7; Psalms 86:9; 98:2.

Nations shall come to your light
    and kings to the brightness of your dawn.(A)

Lift up your eyes and look around;
    they all gather together; they come to you;
your sons shall come from far away,
    and your daughters shall be carried in their nurses’ arms.(B)
Then you shall see and be radiant;
    your heart shall thrill and rejoice,[a]
because the abundance of the sea shall be brought to you;
    the wealth of the nations shall come to you.(C)
A multitude of camels shall cover you,
    the young camels of Midian and Ephah;
    all those from Sheba shall come.
They shall bring gold and frankincense
    and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord.(D)
All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you;
    the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;
they shall be acceptable on my altar,[b]
    and I will glorify my glorious house.(E)

Who are these that fly like a cloud
    and like doves to their windows?
For the coastlands shall wait for me,
    the ships of Tarshish first,
to bring your children from far away,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because he has glorified you.(F)
10 Foreigners shall build up your walls,
    and their kings shall minister to you,
for in my wrath I struck you down,
    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.(G)
11 Your gates shall always be open;
    day and night they shall not be shut,
so that nations shall bring you their wealth,
    with their kings led in procession.(H)
12 For the nation and kingdom
    that will not serve you shall perish;
    those nations shall be utterly laid waste.(I)
13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
    the cypress, the plane, and the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
    and I will glorify where my feet rest.(J)
14 The descendants of those who oppressed you
    shall come bending low to you,
and all who despised you
    shall bow down at your feet;
they shall call you the City of the Lord,
    the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.(K)
15 Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
    with no one passing through,
I will make you majestic forever,
    a joy from age to age.(L)
16 You shall suck the milk of nations;
    you shall suck the breasts of kings,
and you shall know that I, the Lord, am your Savior
    and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.(M)

17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold;
    instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze;
    instead of stones, iron.
I will appoint Peace as your overseer
    and Righteousness as your taskmaster.
18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
    devastation or destruction within your borders;
you shall call your walls Salvation
    and your gates Praise.(N)

God the Glory of Zion

19 The sun shall no longer be
    your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
    give light to you by night,[c]
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your God will be your glory.(O)
20 Your sun shall no more go down
    or your moon withdraw itself,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of mourning shall be ended.(P)
21 Your people shall all be righteous;
    they shall possess the land forever.
They are the shoot that I planted, the work of my hands,
    so that I might be glorified.(Q)
22 The least of them shall become a clan
    and the smallest one a mighty nation;
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will accomplish it quickly.(R)

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Footnotes

  1. 60.5 Heb be enlarged
  2. 60.7 Q ms Heb mss Gk Syr Tg: MT will ascend on the favor of my altar
  3. 60.19 Q ms Gk OL Tg: MT lacks by night

Nations(A) will come to your light,(B)
    and kings(C) to the brightness of your dawn.

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

“Who are these(U) that fly along like clouds,(V)
    like doves to their nests?
Surely the islands(W) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,[a](X)
bringing(Y) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,(Z)
to the honor(AA) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One(AB) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.(AC)

10 “Foreigners(AD) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings(AE) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor(AF) I will show you compassion.(AG)
11 Your gates(AH) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations(AI)
    their kings(AJ) led in triumphal procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve(AK) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.(AL)

13 “The glory of Lebanon(AM) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,(AN)
to adorn my sanctuary;(AO)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.(AP)
14 The children of your oppressors(AQ) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down(AR) at your feet
and will call you the City(AS) of the Lord,
    Zion(AT) of the Holy One(AU) of Israel.

15 “Although you have been forsaken(AV) and hated,
    with no one traveling(AW) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride(AX)
    and the joy(AY) of all generations.
16 You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed(AZ) at royal breasts.
Then you will know(BA) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,(BB)
    your Redeemer,(BC) the Mighty One of Jacob.(BD)
17 Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,(BE)
    and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
    and iron in place of stones.
I will make peace(BF) your governor
    and well-being your ruler.(BG)
18 No longer will violence(BH) be heard in your land,
    nor ruin or destruction(BI) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation(BJ)
    and your gates Praise.(BK)
19 The sun will no more be your light by day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,(BL)
    and your God will be your glory.(BM)
20 Your sun(BN) will never set again,
    and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of sorrow(BO) will end.
21 Then all your people will be righteous(BP)
    and they will possess(BQ) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,(BR)
    the work of my hands,(BS)
    for the display of my splendor.(BT)
22 The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.(BU)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”(BV)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 60:9 Or the trading ships

And he will destroy on this mountain
    the shroud that is cast over all peoples,
    the covering that is spread over all nations;

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On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud(A) that enfolds all peoples,(B)
the sheet that covers all nations;

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And the scripture, foreseeing that God would reckon as righteous the gentiles by faith, declared the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “All the gentiles shall be blessed in you.”(A)

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Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”[a](A)

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  1. Galatians 3:8 Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18

and I will shake all the nations, so that the treasure of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with splendor, says the Lord of hosts.(A)

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I will shake all nations, and what is desired(A) by all nations will come, and I will fill this house(B) with glory,(C)’ says the Lord Almighty.

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He shall judge between many peoples
    and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away;
they shall beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks;
nation shall not lift up sword against nation;
    neither shall they learn war any more;(A)

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He will judge between many peoples
    and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.(A)
They will beat their swords into plowshares
    and their spears into pruning hooks.(B)
Nation will not take up sword against nation,
    nor will they train for war(C) anymore.(D)

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and if you swear, “As the Lord lives!”
    in truth, in justice, and in uprightness,
then nations shall be blessed[a] by you,[b]
    and by you[c] they shall boast.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 4.2 Or shall bless themselves
  2. 4.2 Cn: Heb him
  3. 4.2 Cn: Heb him

and if in a truthful, just and righteous way
    you swear,(A) ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(B)
then the nations will invoke blessings(C) by him
    and in him they will boast.(D)

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23 From new moon to new moon
    and from Sabbath to Sabbath,
all flesh shall come to worship before me,
says the Lord.(A)

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23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath(A) to another, all mankind will come and bow down(B) before me,” says the Lord.

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Now you shall call nations that you do not know,
    and nations that do not know you shall run to you,
because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel,
    for he has glorified you.(A)

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Surely you will summon nations(A) you know not,
    and nations you do not know will come running to you,(B)
because of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One(C) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.”(D)

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