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UST ISA Chapter 60

◄ ISA 60 ► ║ ═ ©

60 Yahweh says, “You people of Jerusalem,

be very happy, as if you were the sun shining brightly.

I, Yahweh, am about to do glorious things for you.

2 It will be as if it is still a dark night

for the people of other nations,

but I, Yahweh, will make it as if

it is a bright day for you.

What I do for you will show that I am glorious.

3 The rulers and people of other nations will come to you

to find out what is happening,

because you will be like a bright sunrise.

4 Look around and see how the people whom your enemies took away

are gathering together in order to return.

Your sons will come from distant countries,

and people will carry your little daughters back home on their hips.

5 When you see this happening, you will beam.

You will be so happy that you will tremble inside.

This is because people of other nations

will bring treasures to you.

They will even bring it to you across the sea in ships.

6 There will be so many camels carrying treasure to you

that it will seem as if the camels fill your land.

These will be young camels from the regions of Midian and Ephah.

People will also come from Sheba

bringing gold and frankincense.

They will say how great I, Yahweh, am.

7 People from Kedar will bring you flocks of sheep and goats.

The people of Nebaioth will bring you rams for you to use.

When you sacrifice them on my altar,

I will gladly accept them as offerings.

That will honor my glorious temple.

8 I will tell you what those vessels are that are moving so quickly,

like clouds sweeping across the sky

or like doves flying to their nests.

9 They are fast ships that can sail long distances.

They are the first ones to arrive bringing back the people whom your enemies took away.

People throughout the world were ready to send them back

when I commanded them to do that.

They are sending gold and silver back with them.

I, Yahweh, the holy God whom you Israelites worship,

have honored you, and those people are doing this

because they respect me.

10 Foreigners will rebuild the walls of your cities,

and their kings will help you.

That is because I am pleased with you, and so I will now treat you favorably,

even though I punished you before because I was angry with you.

11 The gates of your cities will stay open all of the time.

That will allow people from many nations to bring you valuable things.

Their kings will come and submit to you.

12 You will certainly defeat and conquer

any nation or kingdom whose people refuse to serve you.

13 People will bring you the finest timber from Lebanon,

including cypress trees, plane trees, and box trees.

You will be able to use that wood to make my temple beautiful.

In that way, I will make glorious the place where I am present in a special way.

14 People who belong to the nations that treated you cruelly

will come and bow down humbly before you.

Those who hated you will lie submissively face down in front of you.

They will call Jerusalem ‘Yahweh’s City.’

They will call it ‘Zion, Where Israel’s Holy God Is.’

15 Formerly, people hated Jerusalem and did not want to live there.

People did not even pass through the city.

But now I will make the city a place in which people will always be proud to live.

People of future generations will be happy to live there.

16 You will become rich from the tribute that the kings of other nations pay you,

just as a baby becomes strong from drinking its mother’s milk.

Then you will recognize that I, Yahweh,

have saved you by rescuing you from your enemies.

You will recognize that I,

the God whom you descendants of Jacob worship, am mighty.

17 I will give you gold instead of bronze

and silver instead of iron.

I will give you bronze instead of wood

and iron instead of stones.

I will cause your leaders to govern peacefully

and rule you fairly.

18 People in your land will no longer act violently.

Within your territory, people will not destroy things and make people suffer.

You will be safe within the walls of your city,

and people who come through your gates will praise me.

19 It will be as if you no longer need the sun to give you light during the day

or the moon to shine on you at night.

That is because I, Yahweh, will always make you glorious.

Yes, I, your God, will make you splendid.

20 It will be as if the sun never sets and the moon is always full.

That is because I, Yahweh, will always make you glorious.

You will not grieve anymore.

21 All of your people will do what is right.

They will always live in the land.

I myself have established them there.

Because I have done this, people will glorify me.

22 A little group of your people will become very large.

A small tribe will grow to become a powerful nation.

When it is the right time,

I, Yahweh, will make this happen quickly.”