Isaiah 60:15-22
English Standard Version
15 (A)Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
(B)I will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.
16 (C)You shall suck the milk of nations;
you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that (D)I, the Lord, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, (E)the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
(F)and your taskmasters righteousness.
18 (G)Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
devastation or destruction within your borders;
(H)you shall call your walls Salvation,
and your gates Praise.
19 (I)The sun shall be no more
your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
give you light;[a]
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.[b]
20 Your sun shall no more go down,
nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and (J)your days of mourning shall be ended.
21 (K)Your people shall all be righteous;
(L)they shall possess the land forever,
(M)the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
that I might be glorified.[c]
22 (N)The least one shall become a clan,
and the smallest one a mighty nation;
(O)I am the Lord;
in its time I will hasten it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 60:19 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night
- Isaiah 60:19 Or your beauty
- Isaiah 60:21 Or that I might display my beauty
Isaiah 60:15-22
International Standard Version
Israel: the Joy of Generations
15 “Although you have been forsaken and despised,
with no one traveling through,
I will make you the everlasting pride,
the joy of all generations.
16 You’ll suck the milk of nations,
You’ll suck the breasts of kings.
Then you will realize that I, the Lord, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 “Instead of bronze, I’ll bring gold,
and instead of iron, I’ll bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
and instead of stones, iron.
I’ll appoint peace as your supervisor
and righteousness as your taskmaster.
18 Then[a] violence will no longer be heard in your land,
nor devastation or destruction within your borders;
but you’ll call your walls ‘Salvation’,
and your gates ‘Praise’.
19 “The sun will no longer be your light by day,
nor for brightness will the moon shine on you by night[b]—
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,[c]
and your God will be your glory.
20 Your sun won’t[d] set,
nor will your moon withdraw itself—
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your days of mourning will end.
21 Then your people will all be righteous;
They’ll possess the land forever.
They are the shoot[e] that the Lord planted,[f]
the works[g] of his hands,
so that I might be glorified.
22 The least of them will become a thousand,
and the smallest one a mighty nation.
“I am the Lord;
When the time is right,[h] I will do this swiftly.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 60:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack Then
- Isaiah 60:19 So 1QIsaa LXX. Not in 1QIsab MT
- Isaiah 60:19 1QIsab lacks and your God … light; 1QIsaa MT LXX contain the longer reading
- Isaiah 60:20 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads will no longer
- Isaiah 60:21 So 1QIsaa 4QIsam MT; 1QIsaa MTms lacks the shoot; LXX reads Guarding
- Isaiah 60:21 Lit. of the plantings of the Lord; so 1QIsaa; 1QIsab reads of his plantings MT reads of his planting MTqere reads of my planting LXX reads the planting
- Isaiah 60:21 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read work
- Isaiah 60:22 Lit. In its time
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