| New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
| 1“Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you. | 1"Arise, shine! For your light has come; the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. |
| 2Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the LORD rises and appears over you. | 2For look! Darkness will cover the earth and thick darkness is over the people, but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will appear over you. |
| 3All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance. | 3Nations will come to your light, and kings before your dawn. |
| 4“Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home. | 4"Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather together, they come to you; your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried on the hip." |
| 5Your eyes will shine, and your heart will thrill with joy, for merchants from around the world will come to you. They will bring you the wealth of many lands. | 5Then you will look and be radiant; your heart will swell with joy, because the abundance of the seas will be diverted to you, and the riches of the nations will come to you. |
| 6Vast caravans of camels will converge on you, the camels of Midian and Ephah. The people of Sheba will bring gold and frankincense and will come worshiping the LORD. | 6Throngs of camels will blanket you: the young camels of Midian and Ephu; all those from Shebu will come. They'll carry gold and frankincense, and proclaim the praise of the LORD. |
| 7The flocks of Kedar will be given to you, and the rams of Nebaioth will be brought for my altars. I will accept their offerings, and I will make my Temple glorious. | 7All Kedar's flocks will be gathered to you, the rams of Nebaioth will serve you. and they'll come up with acceptance upon my altar, and I'll glorify my glorious house." |
| 8“And what do I see flying like clouds to Israel, like doves to their nests? | 8"Who are these that fly like clouds, and like doves to their windows? |
| 9They are ships from the ends of the earth, from lands that trust in me, led by the great ships of Tarshish. They are bringing the people of Israel home from far away, carrying their silver and gold. They will honor the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has filled you with splendor. | 9For the coastlands will look to me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring my children from far away, their silver and gold with them, to the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you. |
| 10“Foreigners will come to rebuild your towns, and their kings will serve you. For though I have destroyed you in my anger, I will now have mercy on you through my grace. | 10"Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Though in my anger I struck you down, in my favor I have shown you mercy. |
| 11Your gates will stay open day and night to receive the wealth of many lands. The kings of the world will be led as captives in a victory procession. | 11Your gates will always stand open by day or night, and they will not be shut, so that nations will bring you their wealth, with their kings led in procession. |
| 12For the nations that refuse to serve you will be destroyed. | 12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; those nations will be utterly ruined. |
| 13“The glory of Lebanon will be yours— the forests of cypress, fir, and pine— to beautify my sanctuary. My Temple will be glorious! | 13"He has given you the glory of Lebanon, and it will come to you, the cypress, and the plane tree, and the pine, to adorn the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. |
| 14The descendants of your tormentors will come and bow before you. Those who despised you will kiss your feet. They will call you the City of the LORD, and Zion of the Holy One of Israel. | 14"All the descendants of those who oppressed you will come bending low before you, and all those who despised you will bow down at your feet. They'll call you 'The City of the LORD,' 'Zion of the Holy One of Israel.'" |
| 15“Though you were once despised and hated, with no one traveling through you, I will make you beautiful forever, a joy to all generations. | 15"Although you have been forsaken and despised, with no one traveling through, I will make you the everlasting pride, the joy of all generations. |
| 16Powerful kings and mighty nations will satisfy your every need, as though you were a child nursing at the breast of a queen. You will know at last that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Israel. | 16You'll suck the milk of nations, You'll suck the breasts of kings. Then you will realize that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. |
| 17I will exchange your bronze for gold, your iron for silver, your wood for bronze, and your stones for iron. I will make peace your leader and righteousness your ruler. | 17"Instead of bronze, I'll bring gold, and instead of iron, I'll bring silver; instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. I'll appoint peace as your supervisor and righteousness as your taskmaster. |
| 18Violence will disappear from your land; the desolation and destruction of war will end. Salvation will surround you like city walls, and praise will be on the lips of all who enter there. | 18Then violence will no longer be heard in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; but you'll call your walls 'Salvation', and your gates 'Praise'. |
| 19“No longer will you need the sun to shine by day, nor the moon to give its light by night, for the LORD your God will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. | 19"The sun will no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness will the moon shine on you by night — for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory. |
| 20Your sun will never set; your moon will not go down. For the LORD will be your everlasting light. Your days of mourning will come to an end. | 20Your sun won't set, nor will your moon withdraw itself— for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning will end. |
| 21All your people will be righteous. They will possess their land forever, for I will plant them there with my own hands in order to bring myself glory. | 21Then your people will all be righteous; They'll possess the land forever. They are the shoot that the LORD planted, the works of his hands, so that I might be glorified. |
| 22The smallest family will become a thousand people, and the tiniest group will become a mighty nation. At the right time, I, the LORD, will make it happen.” | 22The least of them will become a thousand, and the smallest one a mighty nation. "I am the LORD; When the time is right, I will do this swiftly." |
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