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1 “Arise,
shine; for
your light has
come,
and the LORD’s
glory has risen
on you!
2 For
behold, darkness
will cover
the earth,
and thick
darkness the
peoples;
but the LORD
will arise on
you,
and his glory
shall be seen
on you.
3 Nations
will come to
your light,
and kings to
the brightness of
your rising.
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 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 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
the LORD.
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 who fly
as a cloud,
and as the
doves to their windows?
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 the LORD
your God,
and for the
Holy One of
Israel,
because he has
glorified 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 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
that nation and
kingdom that will
not serve you
shall perish; yes,
those nations
shall be utterly
wasted.
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 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 the LORD’s
City,
the Zion of
the Holy One
of Israel.
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 You
will also drink
the milk of
the nations,
and will nurse
from royal breasts.
Then you will
know that I,
the LORD, am
your Savior,
your Redeemer,
the Mighty One of
Jacob.
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 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 be
no more your
light by day,
nor will the
brightness of the
moon give light
to you,
but the LORD
will be your
everlasting light,
and your God
will be your
glory.
20 Your
sun will not
go down any
more,
nor will your
moon withdraw itself;
for the LORD
will be your
everlasting light,
and the days
of your mourning
will end.
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
little one will
become a thousand,
and the small
one a strong
nation.
I, the LORD,
will do this
quickly in its
time.”