Isaiah 60

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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.”

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.’”

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^[r] 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^[s]—
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,^[t]
    and your God will be your glory.
²⁰ Your sun won’t^[u] 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^[v] that the Lord planted,^[w]
    the works^[x] 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,^[y] I will do this swiftly.”