Isaiah 60:15-22
World English Bible
15 “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
so that no one passed through you,
I will make you an eternal excellency,
a joy of many generations.
16 You will also drink the milk of the nations,
and will nurse from royal breasts.
Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior,
your Redeemer,
the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 For bronze I will bring gold;
for iron I will bring silver;
for wood, bronze,
and for stones, iron.
I will also make peace your governor,
and righteousness your ruler.
18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
nor desolation or destruction within your borders;
but you will call your walls Salvation,
and your gates Praise.
19 The sun will be no more your light by day;
nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you,
but Yahweh will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.
20 Your sun will not go down any more,
nor will your moon withdraw itself;
for Yahweh will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your mourning will end.
21 Then your people will all be righteous.
They will inherit the land forever,
the branch of my planting,
the work of my hands,
that I may be glorified.
22 The little one will become a thousand,
and the small one a strong nation.
I, Yahweh, will do this quickly in its time.”
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
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