1453 - Isaiah 60 part 2

 Isaiah Chapter 60 part 2


“Foreigners will come, to rebuild your towns, and their kings will serve you.


For, though I have destroyed you, in my anger, …I will now have mercy on you, through my grace.


Your gates will stay open day and night, to receive the wealth, of many lands.


The kings, of the world, will be led, as captives, in a victory procession.


For, the nations, that refuse to serve you, will be destroyed.


“The glory of Lebanon will be yours—the forests of cypress, fir, and pine—to beautify my sanctuary.


My Temple will be glorious!


The descendants, of your tormentors, will come, and bow before you.


Those, who despised you, will kiss your feet.


They will call you… the City of the Lord, …and Zion, of the Holy One of Israel.


“Though you were once despised and hated, with no one traveling through you, I will make you beautiful forever, …I will make you a joy to all generations.


Powerful kings and mighty nations will satisfy your every need, …as though you were a child, nursing at the breast of a queen.


You will know, at last, that I, the Lord, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel.*


I will exchange your bronze for gold, your iron for silver, your wood for bronze, and your stones for iron.


I will make peace your leader, and righteousness your ruler.


Violence will disappear, from your land; the desolation and destruction of war will end.


Salvation will surround you like city walls, and praise will be on the lips, of all who enter there.


“No longer will you need the sun to shine by day, nor the moon to give its light by night, …for the Lord, your God, will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.


Your sun will never set;

your moon will not go down.


For the Lord will be your everlasting light.


Your days, of mourning, will come to an end.


All your people will be righteous.


They will possess their land, forever, …for I will plant them there, with my own hands, in order to bring myself glory.


The smallest family will become a thousand people, and the tiniest group will become a mighty nation.


At the right time, I, the Lord, will make it happen.”  


The Holy Bible 

New Living Translation 


Isaiah 60:10–22


Praise be to God!


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