Isaiah
The
Lord
's Glory in Zion
60
Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the
Lord
shines over you.
2
For look, darkness covers the earth,
and total darkness the peoples;
but the
Lord
will shine over you,
and His glory will appear over you.
3
Nations will come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your radiance.
4
Raise your eyes and look around:
they all gather and come to you;
your sons will come from far away,
and your daughters will be carried on the hip.
5
Then you will see and be radiant,
and your heart will tremble and rejoice,
because the riches of the sea will become yours
and the wealth of the nations will come to you.
6
Caravans of camels will cover your land —
young camels of Midian and Ephah —
all of them will come from Sheba.
They will carry gold and frankincense
and proclaim the praises of the
Lord
.
7
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered to you;
the rams of Nebaioth will serve you
and go up on My altar as an acceptable sacrifice.
I will glorify My beautiful house.
8
Who are these who fly like a cloud,
like doves to their shelters?
9
Yes, the islands will wait for Me
with the ships of Tarshish in the lead,
to bring your children from far away,
their silver and gold with them,
for the honor of the
Lord
your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
who has glorified you.
10
Foreigners will build up your walls,
and their kings will serve you.
Although I struck you in My wrath,
yet I will show mercy to you with My favor.
11
Your gates will always be 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
For the nation and the kingdom
that will not serve you will perish;
those nations will be annihilated.
13
The glory of Lebanon will come to you —
its pine, fir, and cypress together —
to beautify the place of My sanctuary,
and I will glorify My dwelling place.
14
The sons of your oppressors
will come and bow down to you;
all who reviled you
will fall facedown at your feet.
They will call you the City of the
Lord
,
•Zion
of the Holy One of Israel.
15
Instead of your being deserted and hated,
with no one passing through,
I will make you an object of eternal pride,
a joy from age to age.
16
You will nurse on the milk of nations,
and nurse at the breast of kings;
you will know that I,
•Yahweh
, am your Savior
and Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17
I will bring gold instead of bronze;
I will bring silver instead of iron,
bronze instead of wood,
and iron instead of stones.
I will appoint peace as your guard
and righteousness as your ruler.
18
Violence will never again be heard of in your land;
devastation and destruction
will be gone from your borders.
But you will name your walls salvation
and your gates, praise.
19
The sun will no longer be your light by day,
and the brightness of the moon will not shine on you;
but the
Lord
will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your splendor.
20
Your sun will no longer set,
and your moon will not fade;
for the
Lord
will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your sorrow will be over.
21
Then all your people will be righteous;
they will possess the land forever;
they are the branch I planted,
the work of My hands,
so that I may be glorified.
22
The least will become a thousand,
the smallest a mighty nation.
I am Yahweh;
I will accomplish it quickly in its time.
Isaiah
Messiah's Jubilee
61
The Spirit of the Lord
God
is on Me,
because the
Lord
has anointed Me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;
2
to proclaim the year of the
Lord
's favor,
and the day of our God's vengeance;
to comfort all who mourn,
3
to provide for those who mourn in
•Zion
;
to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
festive oil instead of mourning,
and splendid clothes instead of despair.
And they will be called righteous trees,
planted by the
Lord
to glorify Him.
4
They will rebuild the ancient ruins;
they will restore the former devastations;
they will renew the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.
5
Strangers will stand and feed your flocks,
and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.
6
But you will be called the
Lord
's priests;
they will speak of you as ministers of our God;
you will eat the wealth of the nations,
and you will boast in their riches.
7
Because your shame was double,
and they cried out, “Disgrace is their portion,”
therefore, they will possess double in their land,
and eternal joy will be theirs.
8
For I
•Yahweh
love justice;
I hate robbery and injustice;
I will faithfully reward them
and make an everlasting covenant with them.
9
Their descendants will be known among the nations,
and their posterity among the peoples.
All who see them will recognize
that they are a people the
Lord
has blessed.
10
I greatly rejoice in the
Lord
,
I exult in my God;
for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation
and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness,
as a groom wears a turban
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11
For as the earth produces its growth,
and as a garden enables what is sown to spring up,
so the Lord
God
will cause righteousness and praise
to spring up before all the nations.
Isaiah
Zion's Restoration
62
I will not keep silent because of
•Zion
,
and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,
until her righteousness shines like a bright light
and her salvation, like a flaming torch.
2
Nations will see your righteousness
and all kings, your glory.
You will be called by a new name
that the
Lord
's mouth will announce.
3
You will be a glorious crown in the
Lord
's hand,
and a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
4
You will no longer be called Deserted,
and your land will not be called Desolate;
instead, you will be called My Delight is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the
Lord
delights in you,
and your land will be married.
5
For as a young man marries a young woman,
so your sons will marry you;
and as a groom rejoices over his bride,
so your God will rejoice over you.
6
Jerusalem,
I have appointed watchmen on your walls;
they will never be silent, day or night.
There is no rest for you,
who remind the
Lord
.
7
Do not give Him rest
until He establishes and makes Jerusalem
the praise of the earth.
8
The
Lord
has sworn with His right hand
and His strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,
and foreigners will not drink your new wine
you have labored for.
9
For those who gather grain will eat it
and praise the
Lord
,
and those who harvest the grapes will drink the wine
in My holy courts.
10
Go out, go out through the gates;
prepare a way for the people!
Build it up, build up the highway;
clear away the stones!
Raise a banner for the peoples.
11
Look, the
Lord
has proclaimed
to the ends of the earth,
“Say to Daughter Zion:
Look, your salvation is coming,
His reward is with Him,
and His gifts accompany Him.”
12
And they will be called the Holy People,
the
Lord
's Redeemed;
and you will be called Cared For,
A City Not Deserted.
Isaiah
The
Lord
's Day of Vengeance
63
Who is this coming from Edom
in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah —
this One who is splendid in His apparel,
rising up proudly in His great might?
It is I, proclaiming vindication,
powerful to save.
2
Why are Your clothes red,
and Your garments like one who treads a winepress?
3
I trampled the winepress alone,
and no one from the nations was with Me.
I trampled them in My anger
and ground them underfoot in My fury;
their blood spattered My garments,
and all My clothes were stained.
4
For I planned the day of vengeance,
and the year of My redemption came.
5
I looked, but there was no one to help,
and I was amazed that no one assisted;
so My arm accomplished victory for Me,
and My wrath assisted Me.
6
I crushed nations in My anger;
I made them drunk with My wrath
and poured out their blood on the ground.
Remembrance of Grace
7
I will make known the
Lord
's faithful love
and the
Lord
's praiseworthy acts,
because of all the
Lord
has done for us —
even the many good things
He has done for the house of Israel
and has done for them based on His compassion
and the abundance of His faithful love.
8
He said, “They are indeed My people,
children who will not be disloyal,”
and He became their Savior.
9
In all their suffering, He suffered,
and the Angel of His Presence saved them.
He redeemed them
because of His love and compassion;
He lifted them up and carried them
all the days of the past.
10
But they rebelled
and grieved His Holy Spirit.
So He became their enemy
and fought against them.
11
Then He remembered the days of the past,
the days of Moses and his people.
Where is He who brought them out of the sea
with the shepherds of His flock?
Where is He who put His Holy Spirit among the flock?
12
He sent His glorious arm
to be at Moses' right hand,
divided the waters before them
to obtain eternal fame for Himself,
13
and led them through the depths
like a horse in the wilderness,
so that they did not stumble.
14
Like cattle that go down into the valley,
the Spirit of the
Lord
gave them rest.
You led Your people this way
to make a glorious name for Yourself.