ISAIAH 60 [†]  b Arise, shine, for your light has come,

and  c the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.

2[†] For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,

and thick darkness the peoples;

but the LORD will arise upon you,

and his glory will be seen upon you.

3[^][†]  d And nations shall come to your light,

and kings to the brightness of your rising.

4[†]  e Lift up your eyes all around, and see;

they all gather together, they come to you;

 f your sons shall come from afar,

and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.

5[†] Then you shall see and  g be radiant;

your heart shall thrill and exult, [1]

because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,

 h the wealth of the nations shall come to you.

6[^][†] A multitude of camels shall cover you,

the young camels of  i Midian and  j Ephah;

all those from  k Sheba shall come.

 l They shall bring gold and frankincense,

and shall bring good news, the praises of the LORD.

7[†] All the flocks of  m Kedar shall be gathered to you;

the rams of  n Nebaioth shall minister to you;

 o they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,

 p and I will beautify my beautiful house.

8[†] Who are these that fly like a cloud,

and  q like doves to their windows?

9 For  r the coastlands shall hope for me,

 s the ships of Tarshish first,

 t to bring your children from afar,

their silver and gold with them,

for the name of the LORD your God,

and for the Holy One of Israel,

because  u he has made you beautiful.

10[†]  v Foreigners shall build up your walls,

and  v their kings shall minister to you;

for in my wrath I struck you,

but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

11[†]  w Your gates shall be open continually;

day and night they shall not be shut,

 w that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,

with their kings led in procession.

12[†]  x For the nation and kingdom

that will not serve you shall perish;

those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

13[†]  y The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,

the cypress, the plane, and  z the pine,

to beautify the place of my sanctuary,

and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

14  a The sons of those who afflicted you

shall come bending low to you,

 b and all who despised you

shall bow down at your feet;

 c they shall call you the City of the LORD,

the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

15[†]  d Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,

with no one passing through,

 e I will make you majestic forever,

a joy from age to age.

16[†]  f You shall suck the milk of nations;

you shall nurse at the breast of kings;

and you shall know that  g I, the LORD, am your Savior

and your Redeemer,  h the Mighty One of Jacob.

17[†] Instead of bronze I will bring gold,

and instead of iron I will bring silver;

instead of wood, bronze,

instead of stones, iron.

I will make your overseers peace

 i and your taskmasters righteousness.

18[†]  j Violence shall no more be heard in your land,

devastation or destruction within your borders;

 k you shall call your walls Salvation,

and your gates Praise.

19[^][†]  l The sun shall be no more

your light by day,

nor for brightness shall the moon

give you light; [2]

but the LORD will be your everlasting light,

and your God will be your glory. [3]

20 Your sun shall no more go down,

nor your moon withdraw itself;

for the LORD will be your everlasting light,

and  m your days of mourning shall be ended.

21[†]  n Your people shall all be righteous;

 o they shall possess the land forever,

 p the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,

that I might be glorified. [4]

22  q The least one shall become a clan,

and the smallest one a mighty nation;

 r I am the LORD;

in its time I will hasten it.