Isaiah 60

Revised Geneva Translation

60 Arise! Be bright! For your light has come! And the Glory of the LORD has risen upon you!

² For behold, darkness shall cover the Earth, and gross darkness the people. But the LORD shall arise upon you, and His Glory shall be seen upon you.

³ And the Gentiles shall walk in Your light, and kings at the brightness of Your rising up.

⁴ “Lift up your eyes all around and behold. All these are gathered and come to you. Your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be nourished at your side.

⁵ “Then you shall see and shine. Your heart shall be astonished and enlarged, because the multitude of the sea shall be converted to you, and the riches of the Gentiles shall come to you.

⁶ “The multitude of camels shall cover you, and the dromedaries of Midian and of Ephah. All those of Sheba shall come. They shall bring gold and incense, and show forth the praises of the LORD.

⁷ “All the sheep of Kedar shall be gathered to you. The rams of Nebajoth shall serve you. They shall come up to be accepted upon My Altar. And I will beautify the House of My Glory.

⁸ “Who are these who fly like a cloud, and as the doves, to their windows?

⁹ “Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish, as at the beginning. So that they may bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, to the Name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He has glorified you.

¹⁰ “And the sons of strangers shall build up your walls. And their kings shall minister to you. For in My wrath, I struck you. But in My mercy, I had compassion on you.

¹¹ “Therefore, your gates shall be open continually. Neither day nor night shall they be shut, so that men may bring to you the riches of the Gentiles, and so that their kings may be brought.

¹² “For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you, shall perish. And those nations shall be utterly destroyed.

¹³ “The glory of Lebanon shall come to you—the fir tree, the elm and the box tree together—to beautify the place of My Sanctuary. For I will glorify the place of My Feet.

¹⁴ “Also, the sons of those who afflicted you shall come and bow to you. And all those who despised you shall fall down at the soles of your feet. And they shall call you, ‘The city of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’

¹⁵ “Whereas, you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man came near, I will make you an eternal glory, and a joy, from generation to generation.

¹⁶ “You shall also suck the milk of the Gentiles and shall suck the breasts of kings. And you shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷ “For bronze will I bring gold, and for iron will I bring silver, and for wood, bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make your government, peace, and your oppressors, righteousness.

¹⁸ “Violence shall be heard of no more in your land, or desolation, or destruction within your borders. But you shall call salvation, your walls, and praise, your gates.

¹⁹ “You shall have no more Sun to shine by day, nor shall the brightness of the Moon shine to you. For the LORD shall be your everlasting Light, and your God, your Glory.

²⁰ “Your Sun shall never go down, nor shall your Moon be hidden. For the LORD shall be your everlasting light. And the days of your sorrow shall be ended.

²¹ “Also, your people shall all be righteous. They shall possess the land forever. The grass of My planting shall be the work of My Hands, so that I may be glorified.

²² “A little one shall become as a thousand, and a small one as a strong nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in due time.”