60Isaiah 60

CHAP. LX. / 1 The glory of the Church, in the abundant accesse of the Gentiles, 15 and the great blessings after a short affliction.

1Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen vpon thee.Select Isaiah 60:1

2For behold, the darknesse shall couer the earth, and grosse darknesse the people: but the Lord shall arise vpon thee, and his glory shall be seene vpon thee.Select Isaiah 60:2

3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightnesse of thy rising.Select Isaiah 60:3

4Lift vp thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselues together, they come to thee: thy sonnes shall come from farre, and thy daughters shalbe nourced at thy side.Select Isaiah 60:4

5Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall feare and be inlarged, because the abundance of the Sea shalbe conuerted vnto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come vnto thee.Select Isaiah 60:5

6The multitude of camels shall couer thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah: all they from Sheba shall come: they shal bring gold and incense, and they shall shew forth the praises of the Lord.Select Isaiah 60:6

7All the flockes of Kedar shall be gathered together vnto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister vnto thee: they shall come vp with acceptance on mine altar, and I wil glorifie the house of my glory.Select Isaiah 60:7

8Who are these that flie as a cloude, and as the doues to their windowes?Select Isaiah 60:8

9Surely the yles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sonnes from farre, their siluer and their gold with them, vnto the Name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.Select Isaiah 60:9

10And the sonnes of strangers shall build vp thy walles, and their kings shal minister vnto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my fauour haue I had mercie on thee.Select Isaiah 60:10

11Therefore thy gates shal be open continually, they shall not bee shut day nor night, that men may bring vnto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.Select Isaiah 60:11

12For the nation and kingdome that will not serue thee, shall perish, yea those nations shall be vtterly wasted.Select Isaiah 60:12

13The glory of Lebanon shal come vnto thee, the Firre tree, the Pine tree, and the Boxe together, to beautifie the place of my Sanctuarie, and I will make the place of my feete glorious.Select Isaiah 60:13

14The sonnes also of them that afflicted thee, shall come bending vnto thee: and all they that despised thee shal bow themselues downe at the soles of thy feet, and they shall call thee the citie of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.Select Isaiah 60:14

15Whereas thou hast bene forsaken and hated, so that no man went thorow thee, I will make thee an eternall excellencie, a ioy of many generations.Select Isaiah 60:15

16Thou shalt also sucke the milke of the Gentiles, and shalt sucke the brest of kings, and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Sauiour and thy Redeemer, the mightie One of Iacob.Select Isaiah 60:16

17For brasse I will bring gold, and for yron I will bring siluer, and for wood brasse, and for stones yron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactours righteousnesse.Select Isaiah 60:17

18Uiolence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders, but thou shalt call thy walles saluation, and thy gates praise.Select Isaiah 60:18

19The Sunne shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightnesse shall the moone giue light vnto thee: but the Lord shall be vnto thee an euerlasting light, & thy God thy glory.Select Isaiah 60:19

20Thy Sunne shall no more goe downe, neither shall thy moone withdraw it selfe: for the Lord shall bee thine euerlasting light, and the dayes of thy mourning shall be ended.Select Isaiah 60:20

21Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shal inherit the land for euer, the branch of my planting, the worke of my hands, that I may be glorified.Select Isaiah 60:21

22A litle one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.Select Isaiah 60:22