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    Isaiah · 22 verses

    Isaiah 60

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    The city's gates stand open day and night, yet any kingdom that refuses its service is promised destruction—a generous welcome with a most alarming terms-of-entry notice.

    Light, caravans, and an extraordinary amount of livestockvv. 1–9

    The chapter opens with darkness over the earth and glory rising upon the city. Nations and kings stream towards its light; sons arrive from afar, daughters are carried in, and the sea's riches come trotting behind a great procession of camels. Midian, Ephah, Sheba, Kedar, Nebaioth, and Tarshish all appear in the gathering, with gold, frankincense, flocks, rams, ships, silver, and children joining the imperial-looking family occasion.

    Open gates, rebuilt walls, and a new materials policyvv. 10–18

    Foreigners rebuild the walls while kings serve, and the gates remain open without a night's interruption so that wealth and rulers may enter in procession. The welcome is broad, though not indefinite: a nation that will not serve will perish. Lebanon contributes its trees to the sanctuary, former oppressors bow at the city's feet, and bronze, iron, wood, and stones are traded upward into gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Even the civic officials are replaced: peace governs, righteousness rules, and the walls acquire the splendid names Salvation and Praise.

    When the sun is no longer requiredvv. 19–22

    The city's light is no longer borrowed from sun or moon: the LORD is its everlasting light and splendor. Sorrow ceases, the people are righteous, and the smallest becomes a mighty nation. The final sentence gives the promise both an appointed time and astonishing speed, as though the calendar has been told to hurry.

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    1. Isa 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

    2. Isa 60:2For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.

    3. Isa 60:3Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

    4. Isa 60:4Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.

    5. Isa 60:5Then you will look and be radiant, and your heart will tremble and swell with joy, because the riches of the sea will be brought to you, and the wealth of the nations will come to you.

    6. Isa 60:6Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.

    7. Isa 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will serve you and go up on My altar with acceptance; I will adorn My glorious house.

    8. Isa 60:8Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?

    9. Isa 60:9Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.

    10. Isa 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.

    11. Isa 60:11Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.

    12. Isa 60:12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.

    13. Isa 60:13The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.

    14. Isa 60:14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

    15. Isa 60:15Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.

    16. Isa 60:16You will drink the milk of nations and nurse at the breasts of royalty; you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.

    17. Isa 60:17Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

    18. Isa 60:18No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

    19. Isa 60:19No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your splendor.

    20. Isa 60:20Your sun will no longer set, and your moon will not wane; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and the days of your sorrow will cease.

    21. Isa 60:21Then all your people will be righteous; they will possess the land forever; they are the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, so that I may be glorified.

    22. Isa 60:22The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.

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    • 1Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
    • 1Ephesians 5:8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
    • 1John 8:12Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
    • 1Isaiah 52:1–2Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
    • 1Isaiah 58:8Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
    • 1John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.
    • 22Habakkuk 2:3For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
    • 1Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
    • 1Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
    • 1Luke 1:78–79because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
    • 22Hebrews 10:36You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
    • 11 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
    • 1Revelation 22:5There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
    • 1Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
    • 2Colossians 1:13He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,
    • 3Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

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