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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 60 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/60.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/60-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Isaiah 60</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/59.htm" title="Isaiah 59">◄</a> Isaiah 60 <a href="../isaiah/61.htm" title="Isaiah 61">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/isaiah/60.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Future Glory for Jerusalem</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see.</p><p class="line2">For the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth,</p><p class="line2">but the glory of the LORD rises and appears over you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>All nations will come to your light;</p><p class="line2">mighty kings will come to see your radiance.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Look and see, for everyone is coming home!</p><p class="line2">Your sons are coming from distant lands;</p><p class="line2">your little daughters will be carried home.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Your eyes will shine,</p><p class="line2">and your heart will thrill with joy,</p><p class="line1">for merchants from around the world will come to you.</p><p class="line2">They will bring you the wealth of many lands.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Vast caravans of camels will converge on you,</p><p class="line2">the camels of Midian and Ephah.</p><p class="line1">The people of Sheba will bring gold and frankincense</p><p class="line2">and will come worshiping the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The flocks of Kedar will be given to you,</p><p class="line2">and the rams of Nebaioth will be brought for my altars.</p><p class="line1">I will accept their offerings,</p><p class="line2">and I will make my Temple glorious.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel,</p><p class="line2">like doves to their nests?</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They are ships from the ends of the earth,</p><p class="line2">from lands that trust in me,</p><p class="line2">led by the great ships of Tarshish.</p><p class="line1">They are bringing the people of Israel home from far away,</p><p class="line2">carrying their silver and gold.</p><p class="line1">They will honor the LORD your God,</p><p class="line2">the Holy One of Israel,</p><p class="line2">for he has filled you with splendor.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Foreigners will come to rebuild your towns,</p><p class="line2">and their kings will serve you.</p><p class="line1">For though I have destroyed you in my anger,</p><p class="line2">I will now have mercy on you through my grace.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Your gates will stay open day and night</p><p class="line2">to receive the wealth of many lands.</p><p class="line1">The kings of the world will be led as captives</p><p class="line2">in a victory procession.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For the nations that refuse to serve you</p><p class="line2">will be destroyed.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“The glory of Lebanon will be yours—</p><p class="line2">the forests of cypress, fir, and pine—</p><p class="line1">to beautify my sanctuary.</p><p class="line2">My Temple will be glorious!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The descendants of your tormentors</p><p class="line2">will come and bow before you.</p><p class="line1">Those who despised you</p><p class="line2">will kiss your feet.</p><p class="line1">They will call you the City of the LORD,</p><p class="line2">and Zion of the Holy One of Israel.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Though you were once despised and hated,</p><p class="line2">with no one traveling through you,</p><p class="line1">I will make you beautiful forever,</p><p class="line2">a joy to all generations.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Powerful kings and mighty nations</p><p class="line2">will satisfy your every need,</p><p class="line1">as though you were a child</p><p class="line2">nursing at the breast of a queen.</p><p class="line1">You will know at last that I, the LORD,</p><p class="line2">am your Savior and your Redeemer,</p><p class="line2">the Mighty One of Israel.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a></p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I will exchange your bronze for gold,</p><p class="line2">your iron for silver,</p><p class="line1">your wood for bronze,</p><p class="line2">and your stones for iron.</p><p class="line1">I will make peace your leader</p><p class="line2">and righteousness your ruler.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Violence will disappear from your land;</p><p class="line2">the desolation and destruction of war will end.</p><p class="line1">Salvation will surround you like city walls,</p><p class="line2">and praise will be on the lips of all who enter there.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“No longer will you need the sun to shine by day,</p><p class="line2">nor the moon to give its light by night,</p><p class="line1">for the LORD your God will be your everlasting light,</p><p class="line2">and your God will be your glory.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Your sun will never set;</p><p class="line2">your moon will not go down.</p><p class="line1">For the LORD will be your everlasting light.</p><p class="line2">Your days of mourning will come to an end.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>All your people will be righteous.</p><p class="line2">They will possess their land forever,</p><p class="line1">for I will plant them there with my own hands</p><p class="line2">in order to bring myself glory.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The smallest family will become a thousand people,</p><p class="line2">and the tiniest group will become a mighty nation.</p><p class="line2">At the right time, I, the LORD, will make it happen.”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">60:16 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">of Jacob.</span><span class="ft"> See note on 14:1.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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