1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, || And the glory of YHWH has risen on you. 2 For behold, the darkness covers the earth, || And thick darkness the peoples, || And YHWH rises on you, || And His glory is seen on you. 3 And nations have come to your light, || And kings to the brightness of your rising. 4 “Lift up your eyes around and see, || All of them have been gathered, they have come to you, || Your sons come from afar, || And your daughters are supported on the side. 5 Then you see, and have become bright, || And your heart has been afraid and enlarged, || For the multitude of the sea turn to you, || The forces of nations come to you. 6 A multitude of camels covers you, || Dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, || All of them from Sheba come, || They carry gold and frankincense, || And they proclaim the praises of YHWH. 7 All the flock of Kedar are gathered to you, || The rams of Nebaioth serve you, || They ascend My altar for acceptance, || And I beautify the house of My beauty. 8 Who [are] these—they fly as a thick cloud, || And as doves to their windows? 9 Surely islands wait for Me, || And ships of Tarshish first, || To bring your sons from afar, || Their silver and their gold with them, || To the Name of your God YHWH, || And to the Holy One of Israel, || Because He has beautified you. 10 And sons of a stranger have built your walls, || And their kings serve you, || For in My wrath I have struck you, || And in My good pleasure I have pitied you. 11 And your gates have continually opened, || They are not shut by day and by night, || To bring the force of nations to you, || Even their kings are led. 12 For the nation and the kingdom that does not serve you perishes, || Indeed, the nations are utterly desolated. 13 The glory of Lebanon comes to you, || Fir, pine, and box together, || To beautify the place of My sanctuary, || And I make the place of My feet honorable. 14 And the sons of those afflicting you || Have come to you, bowing down, || And all despising you || Have bowed themselves to the soles of your feet, || And they have cried to you: The City of YHWH, || Zion of the Holy One of Israel! 15 Instead of your being forsaken and hated, || And none passing through, || I have made you for a continuous excellence, || A joy of generation and generation. 16 And you have sucked the milk of nations, || Indeed, you suckle the breast of kings, || And you have known that I, YHWH, || Your Savior, and Your Redeemer, || [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob. 17 Instead of the bronze I bring in gold, || And instead of the iron I bring in silver, || And instead of the wood bronze, || And instead of the stone iron, || And I have made your inspection peace, || And your exactors righteousness. 18 Violence is not heard in your land anymore, || Spoiling and destruction in your borders, || And you have called your walls Salvation, || And your gates Praise. 19 The sun is no longer your light by day, || And for brightness the moon does not give light to you, || And YHWH has become to you || A continuous light, and your God your beauty. 20 Your sun goes in no more, || And your moon is not removed, || For YHWH becomes a continuous light to you. And the days of your mourning have been completed. 21 And all your people [are] righteous, || They possess the earth for all time, || A branch of My planting, || A work of My hands, to be beautified. 22 The little one becomes a chief, || And the small one a mighty nation, || I, YHWH, hurry it in its own time!”
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Isaiah 60 Literal Standard Version
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Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ephesians 5:14; Ephesians 5:8; John 8:12; Isaiah 52:1–2; Isaiah 60:19–20
- 2 Colossians 1:13; 1 Peter 2:9; Acts 17:30–31; Ephesians 4:17–20; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6
- 3 Isaiah 49:23; Acts 13:47; Revelation 21:24; Isaiah 2:2–5; Psalm 117:1–2
- 4 Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:20–22; Isaiah 49:18; Galatians 3:28–29; Isaiah 43:6
- 5 Isaiah 61:6; Isaiah 23:18; Psalm 98:7–9; Acts 10:45; Isaiah 54:2
- 6 Matthew 2:11; Psalm 72:10; Psalm 72:15; 1 Peter 2:9; Judges 6:5
- 7 Isaiah 56:7; Genesis 25:13; Hebrews 13:15–16; Romans 12:1; Haggai 2:7–9
- 8 Revelation 7:9; Luke 13:29; Hebrews 12:1; Isaiah 49:21; Isaiah 60:4
- 9 Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 2:16; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 51:5; Galatians 4:26
- 10 Isaiah 61:5; Isaiah 49:23; Revelation 21:26; Isaiah 60:3; Zechariah 6:15
- 11 Revelation 21:25–26; Isaiah 60:5; Isaiah 60:18; Isaiah 62:10; Psalm 149:8
- 12 Zechariah 14:12–19; Isaiah 54:15; Isaiah 14:2; Psalm 2:12; Daniel 2:44–45
- 13 Isaiah 35:2; Psalm 96:6; Psalm 132:7; 1 Chronicles 28:2; Ezra 7:27
- 14 Revelation 3:9; Isaiah 49:23; Hebrews 12:22; Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 1:26
- 15 Isaiah 61:7; Jeremiah 30:17; Isaiah 49:14–23; Jeremiah 33:11; Isaiah 35:10
- 16 Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 66:11–12; Isaiah 66:14; Isaiah 61:6; Isaiah 43:3–4
- 17 Hebrews 11:40; Isaiah 30:26; Isaiah 1:26; Zechariah 12:8; 1 Kings 10:21–27
- 18 Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 11:9; Zechariah 9:8; Psalm 72:3–7; Isaiah 2:4
- 19 Revelation 21:23; Revelation 22:5; Zechariah 2:5; Psalm 36:9; Psalm 3:3
- 20 Revelation 21:4; Psalm 84:11; Isaiah 35:10; Psalm 27:1; Malachi 4:2
- 21 Matthew 15:13; Psalm 37:22; Psalm 37:11; John 15:2; Psalm 92:13
- 22 Habakkuk 2:3; Hebrews 10:36; Luke 18:7; Matthew 13:31–32; 2 Peter 3:8
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What the Fathers said
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“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).
And within a little while ye shall hear that excellent lesson which says, Shine, shine, O thou new Jerusalem; for thy light is come.
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