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Isaiah 60 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:1 - Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 - For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:3 - And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:4 - Let your eyes be lifted up, and see: they are all coming together to you: your sons will come from far, and your daughters taken with loving care.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:5 - Then you will see, and be bright with joy, and your heart will be shaking with increase of delight: for the produce of the sea will be turned to you, the wealth of the nations will come to you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:6 - You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:7 - All the flocks of Kedar will come together to you, the sheep of Nebaioth will be ready for your need; they will be pleasing offerings on my altar, and my house of prayer will be beautiful.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:8 - Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:10 - And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:11 - Your doors will be open at all times; they will not be shut day or night; so that men may come into you with the wealth of the nations, with their kings at their head.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:12 - For the nation or kingdom which will not be your servant will come to destruction; such nations will be completely waste.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:13 - The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the sherbin-tree together, to make my holy place beautiful; and the resting-place of my feet will be full of glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 - And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:15 - And though you were turned away from, and hated, and had no helper, I will make you a pride for ever, a joy from generation to generation.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:16 - And you will take the milk of the nations, flowing from the breast of kings; and you will see that I, the Lord, am your saviour, and he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:17 - In place of brass, I will give gold, and for iron silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make Peace your judge, and Righteousness your overseer.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:18 - Violent acts will no longer be seen in your land, wasting or destruction in your limits; but your walls will be named, Salvation, and your doors Praise.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:19 - The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - Your sun will never again go down, or your moon keep back her light: for the Lord will be your eternal light, and the days of your sorrow will be ended.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:21 - Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:22 - The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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