⁴ 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]

⁴ “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)
5 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.
⁶ 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.
⁷ 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)

⁸ “Who are these^(U) that fly along like clouds,^(V)
    like doves to their nests?
⁹ 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)

⁷ On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud^(A) that enfolds all peoples,^(B)
the sheet that covers all nations;

³ 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)