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Isaiah 60:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Raise your eyes and look round: they all gather and come to you; your sons will come from far away, and your daughters on the hips of nursing mothers.

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‘I am the Lord. I have called you for a righteous purpose,  , and I will hold you by your hand. I will watch over you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,


Look up, and look round. They all gather together; they come to you. As I live’ – this is the  Lord’s declaration – ‘you will wear all your children  as jewellery, and put them on as a bride does.


I will say to the north, “Give them up! ” and to the south, “Do not hold them back! ” Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth   –


The following Sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the word of the Lord.


‘Don’t you say, “There are still four more months, and then comes the harvest”? Listen to what I’m telling you: Open   your eyes and look at the fields, because they are ready   for harvest.


I tell you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet   with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.


He will lift up a banner for the nations and gather the dispersed of Israel; he will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.


See, these will come from far away, from the north and from the west,  , and from the land of Sinim.  ,


They will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the Lord on horses and chariots, in litters, and on mules and camels, to my holy mountain Jerusalem,’  says the Lord, ‘just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.


As for you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid – this is the  Lord’s declaration – and do not be discouraged, Israel, for without fail I will save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return and have calm and quiet with no one to frighten him.


I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel.  , They will rebuild and occupy ruined cities, plant vineyards and drink their wine, make gardens and eat their produce.


On that day people will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the River Euphrates and from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.


I will shake all the nations so that the treasures of all the nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,’  says the Lord of Armies.


The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land.  They will make captives of their captors and will rule over their oppressors.


Your builders  hurry; those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.





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