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Isaiah 60:3

Witness and missionThe stranger and outcast

1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
KJV
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
WEB
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
ASV
And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
DARBY
And the nations shall walk by thy light, and kings by the brightness of thy rising.
BLB
And nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawning.
ÅB
og folkeslag skal søke til ditt lys, og konger til den glans som er gått opp over deg.
OTB
Folkeslag vil bli trukket til ditt lys, og konger til glansen av din morgenrøde.
B1930
og folkeslag skal søke til ditt lys, og konger til den glans som er gått op over dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 49:23

    And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

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  • Acts 13:47

    For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

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  • Revelation 21:24

    And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

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  • Isaiah 2:2–5

    And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

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  • Psalms 117:1–2

    O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.

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  • Micah 4:1–2

    But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

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  • Zechariah 8:20–23

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities:

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  • Psalms 68:29

    Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

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