Isaiah 60-61

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁴ “^(G)Lift up your eyes round about 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 in the arms.
⁵ “Then you will see and be ^(J)radiant,
And your heart will ^[b]thrill and rejoice;
Because the ^(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 will ^(P)bear good news of the praises of the Lord.
⁷ “All the flocks of ^(Q)Kedar will be gathered together to you,
The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you;
They will go up with acceptance on My ^(R)altar,
And I shall ^[c](S)glorify My ^[d]glorious house.
⁸ “^(T)Who are these who fly like a cloud
And like the doves to their ^[e]lattices?
⁹ “Surely 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 ^[f](X)glorified you.

¹⁰ “^(Y)Foreigners will build up your walls,
And their ^(Z)kings will minister to 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 men may ^(AC)bring to 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 box tree and the cypress together,
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I shall 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 themselves 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 everlasting ^(AN)pride,
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 for brightness will the moon give you light;
But you will have the ^(AW)Lord for an everlasting light,
And your ^(AX)God for your ^[g]glory.
²⁰ “Your ^(AY)sun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have the Lord for 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 ^[h]My planting,
The ^(BC)work of My hands,
That I may be ^(BD)glorified.
²² “The ^(BE)smallest one will become a ^[i]clan,
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will hasten it in its time.”

⁴ Then they will ^(BQ)rebuild the ancient ruins,
They will raise up the former devastations;
And they will repair the ruined cities,
The desolations of many generations.
^5 (BR)Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks,
And ^[n]foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers.
⁶ But you will be called the ^(BS)priests of the Lord;
You will be spoken of as ^(BT)ministers of our God.
You will eat the ^(BU)wealth of nations,
And in their ^[o]riches you will boast.
⁷ Instead of your ^(BV)shame you will have a ^(BW)double portion,
And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion.
Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land,
^(BX)Everlasting joy will be theirs.
⁸ For I, the Lord, ^(BY)love justice,
I hate robbery ^[p]in the burnt offering;
And I will faithfully give them their recompense
And make an ^(BZ)everlasting covenant with them.
⁹ Then their offspring will be known among the nations,
And their descendants in the midst of the peoples.
All who see them will recognize them
Because they are the ^(CA)offspring whom the Lord has blessed.

¹⁰ I will ^(CB)rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will exult in ^(CC)my God;
For He has ^(CD)clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And ^(CE)as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹ For as the ^(CF)earth brings forth its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord ^[q]God will ^(CG)cause ^(CH)righteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations.