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ISAIAH ยท Chapter 60
60:1 Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD
has risen upon you.
60:2 For, behold, the 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.
60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness
of your rising.
60:4 Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves
together, they come to you: your sons shall come from far, and your daughters
shall be nursed at your side.
60:5 Then you shall see, and flow together, and your heart shall fear,
and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto
you, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto you.
60:6 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian
and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense;
and they shall show forth the praises of the LORD.
60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto you, the
rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto you: they shall come up with acceptance
on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
60:8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
60:9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish
first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them,
unto the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because
he has glorified you.
60:10 And the sons of strangers shall build up your walls, and their
kings shall minister unto you: for in my wrath I stroke you, but in my
favour have I had mercy on you.
60:11 Therefore your gates shall be open continually; they shall not
be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto you the forces of the Gentiles,
and that their kings may be brought.
60:12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish;
yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
60:13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto you, the fir tree, the pine
tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and
I will make the place of my feet glorious.
60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted you shall come bending unto
you; and all they that despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles
of your feet; and they shall call you; The city of the LORD, The Zion of
the Holy One of Israel.
60:15 Whereas you has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went
through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
60:16 You shall also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shall suck
the breast of kings: and you shall know that I the LORD am your Saviour
and your Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
60:17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver,
and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make your officers
peace, and your exactors righteousness.
60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land, wasting nor destruction
within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your
gates Praise.
60:19 The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness
shall the moon give light unto you: but the LORD shall be unto you an everlasting
light, and your God your glory.
60:20 Your sun shall no more go down; neither shall your moon withdraw
itself: for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your
mourning shall be ended.
60:21 Your people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the
land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I
may be glorified.
60:22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong
nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
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