Isaiah 60

New American Standard Bible

⁴ “^(G)Raise your eyes all around and see;
They all gather together, they ^(H)come to you.
Your sons will come from afar,
And your ^(I)daughters will be ^[a]carried on the hip.
⁵ Then you will see and be ^(J)radiant,
And your heart will ^[b]thrill and rejoice;
Because the ^[c](K)abundance of the sea will be turned to you,
The ^(L)wealth of the nations will come to you.
⁶ A multitude of camels will cover you,
The young camels of Midian and ^(M)Ephah;
All those from ^(N)Sheba will come;
They will bring ^(O)gold and frankincense,
And ^(P)proclaim good news of the praises of the Lord.
⁷ All the flocks of ^(Q)Kedar will be gathered to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
They will go up on My ^(R)altar with acceptance,
And I will ^(S)glorify My glorious house.
^8 (T)Who are these who fly like a cloud
And like the doves to their windows?
⁹ Certainly the ^(U)coastlands will wait for Me;
And the ^(V)ships of Tarshish will come first,
To ^(W)bring your sons from afar,
Their silver and their gold with them,
For the name of the Lord your God,
And for the Holy One of Israel because He has ^(X)glorified you.

¹⁰ “^(Y)Foreigners will build up your walls,
And their ^(Z)kings will serve you;
For in My ^(AA)wrath I struck you,
And in My favor I have had compassion on you.
¹¹ Your ^(AB)gates will be open continually;
They will not be closed day or night,
So that people may ^(AC)bring you the wealth of the nations,
With ^(AD)their kings led in procession.
¹² For the ^(AE)nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish,
And the nations will be utterly ruined.
¹³ The ^(AF)glory of Lebanon will come to you,
The ^(AG)juniper, the elm tree and the ^[d]cedar together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I will make the ^(AH)place of My feet glorious.
¹⁴ The ^(AI)sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,
And all those who despised you will bow down at the soles of your feet;
And they will call you the ^(AJ)city of the Lord,
The ^(AK)Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵ “Whereas you have been ^(AL)forsaken and ^(AM)hated
With no one passing through,
I will make you an ^(AN)object of pride forever,
A joy from generation to generation.
¹⁶ You will also ^(AO)suck the milk of nations,
And suck the breast of kings;
Then you will know that I, the Lord, am your ^(AP)Savior
And your ^(AQ)Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
¹⁷ Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
And instead of iron I will bring silver,
And instead of wood, bronze,
And instead of stones, iron.
And I will make peace your administrators,
And righteousness your overseers.
^18 (AR)Violence will not be heard again in your land,
Nor ^(AS)devastation or destruction within your borders;
But you will call your ^(AT)walls salvation, and your ^(AU)gates praise.
¹⁹ No longer will you have the ^(AV)sun for light by day,
Nor will the moon give you light for brightness;
But you will have the ^(AW)Lord as an everlasting light,
And your ^(AX)God as your ^[e]glory.
²⁰ Your ^(AY)sun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have the Lord as an everlasting light,
And the days of your ^(AZ)mourning will be over.
²¹ Then all your ^(BA)people will be righteous;
They will ^(BB)possess the land forever,
The branch of ^[f]My planting,
The ^(BC)work of My hands,
That I may be ^(BD)glorified.
²² The ^(BE)smallest one will become a thousand,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will bring it about quickly in its time.”