Popular Bible Verses from Isaiah 60

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Arise, be bright, for come hath thy light, And the honour of JEHOVAH hath risen on thee.

And come have nations to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy rising.

For, lo, the darkness doth cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples, And on thee rise doth JEHOVAH, And His honour on thee is seen.

The little one doth become a chief, And the small one a mighty nation, I, JEHOVAH, in its own time do hasten it!

To thee no more is the sun for a light by day, And for brightness the moon giveth not light to thee, And JEHOVAH hath become to thee A light age-during, and thy God thy beauty.

Thy sun goeth no more in, And thy moon is not removed, For JEHOVAH becometh to thee a light age-during. And the days of thy mourning have been completed.

Then thou seest, and hast become bright, And thine heart hath been afraid and enlarged, For turn unto thee doth the multitude of the sea, The forces of nations do come to thee.

Lift up round about thine eyes and see, All of them have been gathered, they have come to thee, Thy sons from afar do come, And thy daughters on the side are supported.

And thy people [are] all of them righteous, To the age they possess the earth, A branch of My planting, A work of My hands, to be beautified.

Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called ‘Salvation’ thy walls, And thy gates, ‘Praise.’

And opened have thy gates continually, By day and by night they are not shut, To bring unto thee the force of nations, Even their kings are led.

A company of camels covereth thee, Dromedaries of Midian and Ephah, All of them from Sheba do come, Gold and frankincense they bear, And of the praises of JEHOVAH they proclaim the tidings.

And sons of a stranger have built thy walls, And their kings do serve thee, For in My wrath I have smitten thee, And in My good pleasure I have pitied thee.

Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, And none passing through, I have made thee for an excellency age-during, A joy of generation and generation.

And thou hast sucked the milk of nations, Yea, the breast of kings thou suckest, And thou hast known that I, JEHOVAH, Thy Saviour, and Thy Redeemer, [Am] the Mighty One of Jacob.