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^1 (a)Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and ^(b)the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
² For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
    and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
    and his glory will be seen upon you.
^3 (c)And nations shall come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your rising.

^4 (d)Lift up your eyes all around, and see;
    they all gather together, they come to you;
^(e)your sons shall come from afar,
    and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
⁵ Then you shall see and ^(f)be radiant;
    your heart shall thrill and exult,^[a]
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
    ^(g)the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
⁶ A multitude of camels shall cover you,
    the young camels of ^(h)Midian and ⁽ⁱ⁾Ephah;
    all those from ^(j)Sheba shall come.
^(k)They shall bring gold and frankincense,
    and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
⁷ All the flocks of ^(l)Kedar shall be gathered to you;
    the rams of ^(m)Nebaioth shall minister to you;
⁽ⁿ⁾they shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
    ^(o)and I will beautify my beautiful house.

⁸ Who are these that fly like a cloud,
    and ^(p)like doves to their windows?
⁹ For ^(q)the coastlands shall hope for me,
    ^(r)the ships of Tarshish first,
^(s)to bring your children from afar,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because ^(t)he has made you beautiful.

^10 (u)Foreigners shall build up your walls,
    and ^(v)their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
^11 (w)Your gates shall be open continually;
    day and night they shall not be shut,
^(x)that people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
    with their kings led in procession.
^12 (y)For the nation and kingdom
    that will not serve you shall perish;
    those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
^13 (z)The glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
    the cypress, the plane, and ^(aa)the pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
^14 (ab)The sons of those who afflicted you
    shall come bending low to you,
^(ac)and all who despised you
    shall bow down at your feet;
^(ad)they shall call you the City of the Lord,
    the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

^15 (ae)Whereas you have been forsaken and hated,
    with no one passing through,
^(af)I will make you majestic forever,
    a joy from age to age.
^16 (ag)You shall suck the milk of nations;
    you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that ^(ah)I, the Lord, am your Savior
    and your Redeemer, ^(ai)the Mighty One of Jacob.

¹⁷ Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
    and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
    instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
    ^(aj)and your taskmasters righteousness.
^18 (ak)Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
    devastation or destruction within your borders;
^(al)you shall call your walls Salvation,
    and your gates Praise.

^19 (am)The sun shall be no more
    your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
    give you light;^[b]
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your God will be your glory.^[c]
20 Your sun shall no more go down,
    nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and ^(an)your days of mourning shall be ended.
^21 (ao)Your people shall all be righteous;
    ^(ap)they shall possess the land forever,
^(aq)the branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
    that I might be glorified.^[d]
22 (ar)The least one shall become a clan,
    and the smallest one a mighty nation;
^(as)I am the Lord;
    in its time I will hasten it.