Isaiah 60:1-14
Christian Standard Bible
The Lord’s Glory in Zion
60 Arise, shine, for your light has come,(A)
and the glory of the Lord shines over you.[a](B)
2 For look, darkness will cover the earth,
and total darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will shine over you,
and his glory will appear over you.
3 Nations will come to your light,
and kings to your shining brightness.(C)
4 Raise your eyes and look around:
they all gather and come to you;
your sons will come from far away,
and your daughters on the hips of nursing mothers.(D)
5 Then you will see and be radiant,(E)
and your heart will tremble and rejoice,[b]
because the riches of the sea will become yours
and the wealth of the nations will come to you.(F)
6 Caravans of camels will cover your land[c]—
young camels of Midian and Ephah—
all of them will come from Sheba.(G)
They will carry gold and frankincense(H)
and proclaim the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you(I)
and go up on my altar as an acceptable sacrifice.(J)
I will glorify my beautiful house.(K)
8 Who are these who fly like a cloud,
like doves to their shelters?(L)
9 Yes, the coasts and islands will wait for me(M)
with the ships of Tarshish in the lead,(N)
to bring your children from far away,(O)
their silver and gold with them,
for the honor of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,(P)
who has glorified you.(Q)
10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls,(R)
and their kings will serve you.(S)
Although I struck you in my wrath,
yet I will show mercy to you with my favor.(T)
11 Your city gates will always be open;
they will never be shut day or night
so that the wealth of the nations
may be brought into you,(U)
with their kings being led in procession.
12 For the nation and the kingdom
that will not serve you will perish;
those nations will be annihilated.(V)
13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you(W)—
its pine, elm, and cypress together(X)—
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will glorify my dwelling place.[d]
14 The sons of your oppressors
will come and bow down to you;(Y)
all who reviled you
will fall facedown at your feet.(Z)
They will call you the City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.(AA)
Isaiah 60:1-14
International Standard Version
The Light of God’s Deliverance
60 “Arise, shine!
For your light has come;
the[a] glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For look! Darkness will cover the earth
and thick darkness is over the people,[b]
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will appear over you.
3 Nations will come to your light,
and kings before[c] your dawn.
4 “Lift up your eyes and look around:
They all gather together, they come to you;
your sons will come from far away,
and your daughters will be carried on the hip.”[d]
5 Then you will look and be radiant;
your heart will swell with joy,[e]
because the abundance of the seas will be diverted to you,
and the riches of the nations will come to you.
6 Throngs of camels will blanket you:
the young camels of Midian and Ephu;[f]
all those from Shebu[g] will come.
They’ll carry gold and frankincense,
and proclaim the praise of the Lord.
7 All Kedar’s flocks will be gathered to you,
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you.
and[h] they’ll come up with acceptance upon[i] my altar,
and I’ll glorify my glorious house.”
The Future Restoration of Zion
8 “Who are these that fly like clouds,
and like doves to their windows?[j]
9 For the coastlands will look to me,
with the ships of Tarshish in the lead,
to bring my[k] children from far away,
their silver and gold with them,
to the name of the Lord your God,
and to the Holy One of Israel,
because he has glorified you.
10 “Foreigners will rebuild your walls,
and their kings will serve you.
Though in my anger I struck you down,
in my favor I have shown you mercy.
11 Your gates will always stand open
by day or night, and[l] they will not be shut,
so that nations will bring you their wealth,
with their kings led in procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom
that will not serve you will perish;
those nations will be utterly ruined.
13 “He has given you[m] the glory of Lebanon,
and it will come[n] to you,
the cypress, and[o] the plane tree,[p] and the pine,
to adorn the place of my sanctuary;
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 “All[q] the descendants of those who oppressed you
will come bending low before you,
and all those who despised you
will bow down at your feet.
They’ll call you ‘The City of the Lord,’
‘Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 60:1 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read and the glory
- Isaiah 60:2 Lit. peoples
- Isaiah 60:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads kings to the brightness of; cf. LXX
- Isaiah 60:4 Or arm
- Isaiah 60:5 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read will throb and swell with joy LXX reads you will be amazed in your heart
- Isaiah 60:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read Ephah
- Isaiah 60:6 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read Sheba
- Isaiah 60:7 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack and
- Isaiah 60:7 So 1QIsaa cf. LXX; 1QIsab MT read upon the acceptance of
- Isaiah 60:8 I.e. dovecotes, cages in which pet doves are housed
- Isaiah 60:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read your
- Isaiah 60:11 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack and
- Isaiah 60:13 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack He has given you
- Isaiah 60:13 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read Lebanon will come
- Isaiah 60:13 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lack and
- Isaiah 60:13 i.e. a species of trees that could readily be stripped of their bark; cf. Gen 30:37
- Isaiah 60:14 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack All
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