LX. 1 Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD hath risen upon thee.
2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep gloom the peoples; but the LORD shall rise upon thee, and his glory shall appear upon thee.
3 And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see; they are all gathered, they come to thee; thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be carried on the side.
5 Then thou shalt see, and be bright, and thy heart shall throb, and be enlarged; for the abundance of the sea shall turn unto thee, the wealth of nations shall come to thee.
6 A stream of camels shall cover thee, young camels of Midian and Ephah; all of them shall come from Sheba, they shall bear gold and incense, and they shall tell tidings of the praises of the LORD.
7 All the flocks of Kedar shall gather together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee; they shall go up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will beautify the house of my beauty.
8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as doves to their lattices?
9 Surely the isles are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel; for he hath beautified thee.
10 And aliens shall build thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee; for in my wrath I smote thee, and in my favour have I had mercy upon thee.
11 And thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut, day and night; to bring unto thee the wealth of nations, and their kings led along;
12 For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; and the nations shall be utterly wasted.
13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the plane tree and the larch together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet honourable.
14 And the sons of them that afflicted thee shall go unto thee, bowing down; and all they that scorned thee shall bow themselves to the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 Instead of thy being forsaken and hated, and none passing through thee; I will set thee for an everlasting pride, a gladness of generation upon generation.
16 And thou shalt suck the milk of nations, and shalt suck the breast of kings; and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob.
17 Instead of brass I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood brass, and instead of stones iron; and I will make thy government peace, and thine overseers righteousness.
18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders; and thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.
19 The sun shall no more be thy light by day; and as for shining, the moon shall not give light to thee; and the LORD shall be to thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy beauty.
20 Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for the LORD shall be to thee an everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be fulfilled
21 And thy people shall be all of them righteous; they shall possess the land for ever; the shoot of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may beautify myself.
22 The smallest shall become a thousand, and the least a strong nation; I the LORD will hasten it in its time.
Isaias. . ed. Richard Rusden Ottley. Germany. 2016.
Sponsored by University of Leipzig.
Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.