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Isaiah 60 Catholic Public Domain Version

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1 Rise up to be illuminated, O Jerusalem! For your light has arrived, and the glory of the Lord has risen over you.
1 “Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you!
2 For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness will cover the peoples. Then the Lord will rise above you, and his glory will be seen in you.
2 For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but Yahweh will arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.
3 And the nations will walk in your light, and the kings will walk by the splendor of your rising.
3 Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 Lift up your eyes all around and see! All these have been gathered together; they have arrived before you. Your sons will arrive from far away, and your daughters will rise up from your side.
4 “Lift up your eyes all around, and see: they all gather themselves together. They come to you. Your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried in arms.
5 Then you will see, and you will overflow, and your heart will be amazed and expanded. When the multitude of the sea will have been converted to you, the strength of the nations will approach you.
5 Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart will thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you. The wealth of the nations will come to you.
6 A multitude of camels will inundate you: the dromedaries from Midian and Ephah. All those from Sheba will arrive, carrying gold and frankincense, and announcing praise to the Lord.
6 A multitude of camels will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Yahweh.
7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together before you; the rams of Nebaioth will minister to you. They will be offered upon my pleasing altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty.
7 All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be accepted as offerings on my altar; and I will beautify my glorious house.
8 Who are these ones, who fly like the clouds and like doves to their windows?
8 “Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
9 For the islands await me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning, so that I may lead your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord your God and to the Holy One of Israel. For he has glorified you.
9 Surely the islands will wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far away, their silver and their gold with them, for the name of Yahweh your God, and for the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you.
10 And the sons of sojourners will build up your walls, and their kings will minister to you. For in my wrath, I have struck you. And in my reconciliation, I have taken pity on you.
10 “Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you; for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 And your gates will be open continually. They will not be closed day or night, so that the strength of the nations may be brought before you, and their kings may be lead in.
11 Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
12 For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you will perish. And the Gentiles will be devastated by solitude.
12 For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
13 The glory of Lebanon will arrive before you, the fir tree and the box tree and the pine tree together, to adorn the place of my sanctification. And I will glorify the place of my feet.
13 “The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 And the sons of those who humiliate you will approach and will bow down before you. And all who detract you will reverence the path of your feet. And they will call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
14 The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you Yahweh’s City, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 For though you were forsaken, and held in hatred, and there was no one who would pass near you, I will establish you as an everlasting glory, as a gladness from generation to generation.
15 “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
16 And you will drink the milk of the Gentiles, and you will be nursed at the breasts of kings, and you will know that I am the Lord, your Savior and your Redeemer, the Strong One of Jacob.
16 You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse from royal breasts. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 In exchange for brass, I will bring gold; and in exchange for iron, I will bring silver; and for wood, brass; and for stones, iron. And I will make your visitation into peace, and your leaders into justice.
17 For bronze I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness your ruler.
18 Iniquity will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation and destruction in your borders. And salvation will occupy your walls, and praise will occupy your gates.
18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land, nor desolation or destruction within your borders; but you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
19 The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon illuminate you. Instead, the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and your God will be your glory.
19 The sun will be no more your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon give light to you, but Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
20 Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not diminish. For the Lord will be an everlasting light for you, and the days of your mourning will be completed.
20 Your sun will not go down any more, nor will your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning will end.
21 And your people will all be just. They will inherit the earth in perpetuity, the seedling of my planting, the work of my hand, so as to glorify me.
21 Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.
22 The least will become a thousand, and a little one will become a very strong nation. I, the Lord, will accomplish this, suddenly, in its time.
22 The little one will become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation. I, Yahweh, will do this quickly in its time.”
Cross references (22)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Ephesians 5:14; Ephesians 5:8; John 8:12; Isaiah 52:1–2; Isaiah 60:19–20
  2. 2 Colossians 1:13; 1 Peter 2:9; Acts 17:30–31; Ephesians 4:17–20; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
  3. 3 Isaiah 49:23; Acts 13:47; Revelation 21:24; Isaiah 2:2–5; Psalm 117:1–2
  4. 4 Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:20–22; Isaiah 49:18; Galatians 3:28–29; Isaiah 43:6
  5. 5 Isaiah 61:6; Isaiah 23:18; Psalm 98:7–9; Acts 10:45; Isaiah 54:2
  6. 6 Matthew 2:11; Psalm 72:10; Psalm 72:15; 1 Peter 2:9; Judges 6:5
  7. 7 Isaiah 56:7; Genesis 25:13; Hebrews 13:15–16; Romans 12:1; Haggai 2:7–9
  8. 8 Revelation 7:9; Luke 13:29; Hebrews 12:1; Isaiah 49:21; Isaiah 60:4
  9. 9 Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 2:16; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 51:5; Galatians 4:26
  10. 10 Isaiah 61:5; Isaiah 49:23; Revelation 21:26; Isaiah 60:3; Zechariah 6:15
  11. 11 Revelation 21:25–26; Isaiah 60:5; Isaiah 60:18; Isaiah 62:10; Psalm 149:8
  12. 12 Zechariah 14:12–19; Isaiah 54:15; Isaiah 14:2; Psalm 2:12; Daniel 2:44–45
  13. 13 Isaiah 35:2; Psalm 96:6; Psalm 132:7; 1 Chronicles 28:2; Ezra 7:27
  14. 14 Revelation 3:9; Isaiah 49:23; Hebrews 12:22; Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 1:26
  15. 15 Isaiah 61:7; Jeremiah 30:17; Isaiah 49:14–23; Jeremiah 33:11; Isaiah 35:10
  16. 16 Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 66:11–12; Isaiah 66:14; Isaiah 61:6; Isaiah 43:3–4
  17. 17 Hebrews 11:40; Isaiah 30:26; Isaiah 1:26; Zechariah 12:8; 1 Kings 10:21–27
  18. 18 Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 11:9; Zechariah 9:8; Psalm 72:3–7; Isaiah 2:4
  19. 19 Revelation 21:23; Revelation 22:5; Zechariah 2:5; Psalm 36:9; Psalm 3:3
  20. 20 Revelation 21:4; Psalm 84:11; Isaiah 35:10; Psalm 27:1; Malachi 4:2
  21. 21 Matthew 15:13; Psalm 37:22; Psalm 37:11; John 15:2; Psalm 92:13
  22. 22 Habakkuk 2:3; Hebrews 10:36; Luke 18:7; Matthew 13:31–32; 2 Peter 3:8

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 60:1 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVIII)

    And within a little while ye shall hear that excellent lesson which says, Shine, shine, O thou new Jerusalem; for thy light is come.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)