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Isaiah

The future glory of Jerusalem.  Is.60.1-22

¹Arise, Jerusalem,
rise clothed in light; your light has come
and the glory of the LORD shines over you.
²For, though darkness covers the earth
and dark night the nations,
the LORD shall shine upon you
and over you shall his glory appear;
³and the nations shall march towards your light
and their kings to your sunrise.

⁴Lift up your eyes and look all around:
they flock together, all of, them, and come to you;
your sons also shall come from afar,
your daughters walking beside them leading the way.
⁵Then shall you see, and shine with joy,
then your heart shall thrill with pride:
the riches of the sea shall be lavished upon you
and you shall possess the wealth of nations.

⁶Camels in droves shall cover the land,
dromedaries of Midian and Ephah,
all coming from Sheba
laden with golden spice golden spice: or gold and frankincense,
heralds of the LORD's praise.
⁷All Kedar's flocks shall be gathered for you,
rams of Nebaioth shall serve your need,
acceptable offerings on my altar,
and glory shall be added to glory in my temple.

⁸Who are these that sail along like clouds,
that fly like doves to their dovecotes?
⁹They are vessels assembling from the coasts and islands,
ships from Tarshish leading the convoy;
they bring your sons from afar,
their gold and their silver with them,
to the honour of the LORD your God,
the Holy One of Israel;
for he has made you glorious.

¹⁰Foreigners shall rebuild your walls
and their kings shall be your servants;
for though in my wrath I struck you down,
now I have shown you pity and favour.
¹¹Your gates shall be open continually,
they shall never be shut day or night,
that through them may be brought the wealth of nations
and their kings under escort.

¹²For the nation or kingdom which refuses to serve you shall perish, and wide regions shall be laid utterly waste.

¹³The wealth of Lebanon shall come to you,
pine, fir Or elm, and boxwood Or cypress, all together,
to bring glory to my holy sanctuary,
to honour the place where my feet rest.
¹⁴The sons of your oppressors shall come forward to do homage,
all who reviled you shall bow low at your feet;
they shall call you the City of the LORD,
the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵No longer will you be deserted,
a wife hated and unvisited Or divorced and unmated;
I will make you an eternal pride
and a never-ending joy.
¹⁶You shall suck the milk of nations
and be suckled at the breasts of kings.
So you shall know that I the LORD am your deliverer,
your ransomer the Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷For bronze Or copper I will bring you gold
and for iron I will bring silver,
bronze Or copper for timber and iron for stone;
and I will make your government be peace
and righteousness rule over you.
¹⁸The sound of violence shall be heard no longer in your land,
or ruin and devastation within your borders;
but you shall call your walls Deliverance
and your gates Praise.

¹⁹The sun shall no longer be your light by day,
nor the moon shine on you when evening falls;
the LORD shall be your everlasting light,
your God shall be your glory.
²⁰Never again shall your sun set
nor your moon withdraw her light;
but the LORD shall be your everlasting light
and the days of your mourning shall be ended.

²¹Your people shall all be righteous
and shall for ever possess the land,
a shoot of my own planting,
a work of my own hands to bring me glory.
²²The few shall become ten thousand,
the little nation great.
I am the LORD;
soon, in the fullness of time, I will bring this to pass.

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