The Future Glory of Israel
1 [Eph. 5:14] Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and ch. 40:5;58:8;Mal. 4:2the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 ch. 42:6;49:6;Rev. 21:24And nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 ch. 49:18Lift up your eyes all around, and see;
they all gather together, they come to you;
ver. 9;ch. 66:20your sons shall come from afar,
and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
5 Then you shall see and Ps. 34:5be radiant;
your heart shall thrill and exult,60:5 Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
ch. 61:6the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
6 A multitude of camels shall cover you,
the young camels of Judg. 6:5Midian and Gen. 25:4Ephah;
all those from 1 Kgs. 10:1;Ps. 72:10Sheba shall come.
[Matt. 2:11]They shall bring gold and frankincense,
and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of See ch. 21:16Kedar shall be gathered to you;
the rams of Gen. 25:13;28:9;36:3Nebaioth shall minister to you;
ch. 56:7they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
Hag. 2:7and I will beautify my beautiful house.
8 Who are these that fly like a cloud,
and Hos. 11:11;[Gen. 8:9]like doves to their windows?
9 For ch. 51:5;See ch. 11:11the coastlands shall hope for me,
See ch. 2:16the ships of Tarshish first,
Gal. 4:26to bring your children from afar,
their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel,
because ch. 44:23;55:5he has made you beautiful.
10 ch. 45:1,13;Zech. 6:15Foreigners shall build up your walls,
and ch. 45:1,13;Zech. 6:15their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 [Rev. 21:25,26]Your gates shall be open continually;
day and night they shall not be shut,
[Rev. 21:25,26]that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
with their kings led in procession.
12 [Zech. 14:17-19]For the nation and kingdom
that will not serve you shall perish;
those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
13 ch. 35:2The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress, the plane, and ch. 41:19the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 [ch. 14:1,2;Zech. 8:23] The sons of those who afflicted you
shall come bending low to you,
ch. 49:23;[Rev. 3:9] and all who despised you
shall bow down at your feet;
[ch. 1:26;62:2]they shall call you the City of the Lord,
the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 ch. 54:6;62:4Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
Ps. 47:4;[ch. 65:18]I will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.
16 [ch. 49:23;66:11,12] You shall suck the milk of nations;
you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that ch. 43:3;49:26;[ch. 47:4] I, the Lord, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, Gen. 49:24;Ps. 132:2the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
[ch. 58:3]and your taskmasters righteousness.
18 ch. 11:9Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
devastation or destruction within your borders;
ch. 26:1you shall call your walls Salvation,
and your gates Praise.
19 Zech. 14:6,7;Rev. 21:23;22:5;[ch. 24:23; 30:26]The sun shall be no more
your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
give you light;60:19 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory.60:19 Or your beauty
20 Your sun shall no more go down,
nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and ch. 35:10;65:19;Rev. 21:4your days of mourning shall be ended.
21 ch. 52:1;Jer. 31:34Your people shall all be righteous;
Ps. 37:9;See Ezek. 37:25they shall possess the land forever,
ch. 61:3the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
that I might be glorified.60:21 Or that I might display my beauty
22 [Matt. 13:31] The least one shall become a clan,
and the smallest one a mighty nation;
Hab. 2:3I am the Lord;
in its time I will hasten it.