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Isaiah 60 Young's Literal Translation

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1 Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of Jehovah hath risen on thee. 2 For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth Jehovah, And His honour on thee is seen. 3 And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising. 4 Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, they have come to thee, Thy sons from afar do come, And thy daughters on the side are supported. 5 Then thou seest, and hast become bright, And thine heart hath been afraid and enlarged, For turn unto thee doth the multitude of the sea, The forces of nations do come to thee. 6 A company of camels covereth thee, Dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, All of them from Sheba do come, Gold and frankincense they bear, And of the praises of Jehovah they proclaim the tidings. 7 All the flock of Kedar are gathered to thee, The rams of Nebaioth do serve thee, They ascend for acceptance Mine altar, And the house of My beauty I beautify. 8 Who [are] these — as a thick cloud they fly, And as doves unto their windows? 9 Surely for Me isles do wait, And ships of Tarshish first, To bring thy sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, To the name of Jehovah thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel, Because He hath beautified thee. 10 And sons of a stranger have built thy walls, And their kings do serve thee, For in My wrath I have smitten thee, And in My good pleasure I have pitied thee. 11 And opened have thy gates continually, By day and by night they are not shut, To bring unto thee the force of nations, Even their kings are led. 12 For the nation and the kingdom that do not serve thee perish, Yea, the nations are utterly wasted. 13 The honour of Lebanon unto thee doth come, Fir, pine, and box together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary, And the place of My feet I make honourable. 14 And come unto thee, bowing down, Have sons of those afflicting thee, And bowed themselves to the soles of thy feet Have all despising thee, And they have cried to thee: 'City of Jehovah, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.' 15 Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, And none passing through, I have made thee for an excellency age-during, A joy of generation and generation. 16 And thou hast sucked the milk of nations, Yea, the breast of kings thou suckest, And thou hast known that I, Jehovah, Thy Saviour, and Thy Redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob. 17 Instead of the brass I bring in gold, And instead of the iron I bring in silver, And instead of the wood brass, And instead of the stone iron, And I have made thy inspection peace, And thy exactors righteousness. 18 Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called 'Salvation' thy walls, And thy gates, 'Praise.' 19 To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And Jehovah hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty. 20 Thy sun goeth no more in, And thy moon is not removed, For Jehovah becometh to thee a light age-during. And the days of thy mourning have been completed. 21 And thy people [are] all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified. 22 The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, Jehovah, in its own time do hasten it!

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)