Isaiah 60-62

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ Raise your eyes and look around:
they all gather and come to you;
your sons will come from far away,
and your daughters on the hips of nursing mothers.^(D)
5 Then you will see and be radiant,^(E)
and your heart will tremble and rejoice,^[b]
because the riches of the sea will become yours
and the wealth of the nations will come to you.^(F)
6 Caravans of camels will cover your land^[c]—
young camels of Midian and Ephah—
all of them will come from Sheba.^(G)
They will carry gold and frankincense^(H)
and proclaim the praises of the Lord.
⁷ All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you^(I)
and go up on my altar as an acceptable sacrifice.^(J)
I will glorify my beautiful house.^(K)

⁸ Who are these who fly like a cloud,
like doves to their shelters?^(L)
9 Yes, the coasts and islands will wait for me^(M)
with the ships of Tarshish in the lead,^(N)
to bring your children from far away,^(O)
their silver and gold with them,
for the honor of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,^(P)
who has glorified you.^(Q)

¹⁰ Foreigners will rebuild your walls,^(R)
and their kings will serve you.^(S)
Although I struck you in my wrath,
yet I will show mercy to you with my favor.^(T)
11 Your city gates will always be open;
they will never be shut day or night
so that the wealth of the nations
may be brought into you,^(U)
with their kings being led in procession.
¹² For the nation and the kingdom
that will not serve you will perish;
those nations will be annihilated.^(V)
13 The glory of Lebanon will come to you^(W)—
its pine, elm, and cypress together^(X)—
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will glorify my dwelling place.^[d]
14 The sons of your oppressors
will come and bow down to you;^(Y)
all who reviled you
will fall facedown at your feet.^(Z)
They will call you the City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.^(AA)
15 Instead of your being deserted and hated,
with no one passing through,^(AB)
I will make you an object of eternal pride,^(AC)
a joy from age to age.
¹⁶ You will nurse on the milk of nations,
and nurse at the breast of kings;^(AD)
you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior^(AE)
and Redeemer,^(AF) the Mighty One of Jacob.^(AG)
17 I will bring gold instead of bronze;
I will bring silver instead of iron,
bronze instead of wood,
and iron instead of stones.
I will appoint peace as your government
and righteousness as your overseers.
¹⁸ Violence will never again be heard of in your land;^(AH)
devastation and destruction
will be gone from your borders.
You will call your walls Salvation^(AI)
and your city gates Praise.
¹⁹ The sun will no longer be your light by day,
and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you.
The Lord will be your everlasting light,^(AJ)
and your God will be your splendor.
²⁰ Your sun will no longer set,
and your moon will not fade;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your sorrow will be over.^(AK)
21 All your people will be righteous;^(AL)
they will possess the land forever;^(AM)
they are the branch I planted,
the work of my^[e] hands,
so that I may be glorified.^(AN)
22 The least will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.
I am the Lord;
I will accomplish it quickly in its time.

⁶ But you will be called the Lord’s priests;^(AY)
they will speak of you as ministers of our God;
you will eat the wealth of the nations,
and you will boast in their riches.
⁷ In place of your shame, you will have a double portion;^(AZ)
in place of disgrace, they will rejoice over their share.
So they will possess double in their land,^(BA)
and eternal joy will be theirs.

⁸ For I the Lord love justice;^(BB)
I hate robbery and injustice;^[h]
I will faithfully reward my people
and make a permanent covenant^(BC) with them.
⁹ Their descendants will be known among the nations,
and their posterity among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize
that they are a people the Lord has blessed.

¹⁰ I rejoice greatly in the Lord,
I exult in my God;
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,^(BD)
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.^(BE)
11 For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.^(BF)

² Nations will see your righteousness^(BI)
and all kings, your glory.
You will be given a new name
that the Lord’s mouth will announce.^(BJ)

³ You will be a glorious crown in the Lord’s hand,
and a royal diadem in the palm of your God’s hand.^(BK)
4 You will no longer be called Deserted,^(BL)
and your land will not be called Desolate;
instead, you will be called My Delight Is in Her,^[i]
and your land Married;^[j](BM)
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land will be married.
⁵ For as a young man marries a young woman,
so your sons will marry you;
and as a groom rejoices over his bride,
so your God will rejoice over you.^(BN)
6 Jerusalem,
I have appointed watchmen on your walls;^(BO)
they will never be silent, day or night.
There is no rest for you,
who remind the Lord.
⁷ Do not give him rest
until he establishes and makes Jerusalem
the praise of the earth.^(BP)

⁸ The Lord has sworn with his right hand
and his strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,^(BQ)
and foreigners will not drink the new wine
for which you have labored.
⁹ For those who gather grain will eat it
and praise the Lord,
and those who harvest the grapes will drink the wine
in my holy courts.
¹⁰ Go out, go out through the city gates;
prepare a way for the people!
Build it up, build up the highway;^(BR)
clear away the stones!
Raise a banner for the peoples.^(BS)
11 Look, the Lord has proclaimed
to the ends of the earth,
“Say to Daughter Zion:^(BT)
Look, your salvation is coming,
his wages are with him,^(BU)
and his reward accompanies him.”
¹² And they will be called^[k] the Holy People,^(BV)
the Lord’s Redeemed;
and you will be called Cared For,
A City Not Deserted.