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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 ESV</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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" 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class="ln-group">Arise, shine, for your light has come,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the glory of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has risen upon you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,</span><br /><span class="indent">and thick darkness the peoples;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">but the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will arise upon you,</span><br /><span class="indent">and his glory will be seen upon you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And nations shall come to your light,</span><br /><span class="indent">and kings to the brightness of your rising.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Lift up your eyes all around, and see;</span><br /><span class="indent">they all gather together, they come to you;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">your sons shall come from afar,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Then you shall see and be radiant;</span><br /><span class="indent">your heart shall thrill and exult,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,</span><br /><span class="indent">the wealth of the nations shall come to you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">A multitude of camels shall cover you,</span><br /><span class="indent">the young camels of Midian and Ephah;</span><br /><span class="indent">all those from Sheba shall come.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">They shall bring gold and frankincense,</span><br /><span class="indent">and shall bring good news, the praises of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you;</span><br /><span class="indent">the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,</span><br /><span class="indent">and I will beautify my beautiful house.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Who are these that fly like a cloud,</span><br /><span class="indent">and like doves to their windows?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the coastlands shall hope for me,</span><br /><span class="indent">the ships of Tarshish first,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to bring your children from afar,</span><br /><span class="indent">their silver and gold with them,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> your God,</span><br /><span class="indent">and for the Holy One of Israel,</span><br /><span class="indent">because he has made you beautiful.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Foreigners shall build up your walls,</span><br /><span class="indent">and their kings shall minister to you;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for in my wrath I struck you,</span><br /><span class="indent">but in my favor I have had mercy on you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Your gates shall be open continually;</span><br /><span class="indent">day and night they shall not be shut,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,</span><br /><span class="indent">with their kings led in procession.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For the nation and kingdom</span><br /><span class="indent">that will not serve you shall perish;</span><br /><span class="indent">those nations shall be utterly laid waste.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,</span><br /><span class="indent">the cypress, the plane, and the pine,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">to beautify the place of my sanctuary,</span><br /><span class="indent">and I will make the place of my feet glorious.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The sons of those who afflicted you</span><br /><span class="indent">shall come bending low to you,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and all who despised you</span><br /><span class="indent">shall bow down at your feet;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">they shall call you the City of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent">the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,</span><br /><span class="indent">with no one passing through,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I will make you majestic forever,</span><br /><span class="indent">a joy from age to age.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">You shall suck the milk of nations;</span><br /><span class="indent">you shall nurse at the breast of kings;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and you shall know that I, the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, am your Savior</span><br /><span class="indent">and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Instead of bronze I will bring gold,</span><br /><span class="indent">and instead of iron I will bring silver;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">instead of wood, bronze,</span><br /><span class="indent">instead of stones, iron.</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I will make your overseers peace</span><br /><span class="indent">and your taskmasters righteousness.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Violence shall no more be heard in your land,</span><br /><span class="indent">devastation or destruction within your borders;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">you shall call your walls Salvation,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your gates Praise.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The sun shall be no more</span><br /><span class="indent">your light by day,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">nor for brightness shall the moon</span><br /><span class="indent">give you light;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night">b</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">but the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will be your everlasting light,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your God will be your glory.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or your beauty">c</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Your sun shall no more go down,</span><br /><span class="indent">nor your moon withdraw itself;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">for the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will be your everlasting light,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your days of mourning shall be ended.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Your people shall all be righteous;</span><br /><span class="indent">they shall possess the land forever,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,</span><br /><span class="indent">that I might be glorified.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or that I might display my beauty">d</a></sup></span></span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/60-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">The least one shall become a clan,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the smallest one a mighty nation;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">I am the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">in its time I will hasten it.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">your heart shall</span> tremble and grow wide</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add <i>by night</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">your</span> beauty</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">21</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">that I might</span> display my beauty</i><br 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