New English Translation
Isaiah 60:1
1“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you!
Isaiah 60:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
- New International Version (NIV)“Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
Context of Isaiah 60:1
“Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you! 2For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the Lord shines on you; his splendor appears over you. 3Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.
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ק֥וּמִי א֖וֹרִי כִּ֣י בָ֣א אוֹרֵ֑ךְ וּכְב֥וֹד יְהוָ֖ה עָלַ֥יִךְ זָרָֽח׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 60:1
- Isaiah 52:1Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.
- Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
- Ephesians 5:8for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light –
- Philippians 2:15so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world
- Isaiah 60:19The sun will no longer supply light for you by day, nor will the moon’s brightness shine on you; the Lord will be your permanent source of light – the splendor of your God will shine upon you.
- Isaiah 9:2(9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.
- Matthew 4:16the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”
- Luke 1:78Because of our God’s tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high
- John 1:9The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
- John 3:19Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
- John 8:12Then Jesus spoke out again, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- John 12:46I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.
- Revelation 21:23The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.
- Revelation 22:5Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
- Malachi 4:2But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.
- Luke 2:32a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 60:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Arise - Call upon God through Christ, for his salvation; and, Shine - אורי ori, be illuminated: for till thou arise and call upon God, thou wilt never receive true light. For thy light is come - אורך בא כי ki ba orech, for thy light cometh. The Messiah is at the door; who, while he is a light to lighten the Gentiles, will be the glory - the effulgence, of his people Israel.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Arise - This is evidently addressed to the church, or to Zion regarded as the seat of the church. It is represented as having been in a state of affliction and calamity (compare the notes at Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 52:1-2). She is now called on to arise from the dust, and to impart to others the rich privileges which were conferred on her. Shine - (אורי 'ôrı̂y ). Lowth renders this, Be thou enlightened.‘ Margin, Be enlightened, for thy light cometh.‘ Noyes…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The glories of the church of God, when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in. (Is. 60:1-8) and the Jews shall be converted and gathered from their dispersions. (Is. 60:9-14) and the kingdoms of this world shall become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. (Is. 60:15-22) Verses 1-8 As far as we have the knowledge of God in us, and the favour of God towards us, our light is come. And if God's glory is seen upon us to our honour, we ought, not only…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3God will come to be with his people and will transform Zion’s destiny from the darkness as black as night caused by sin and judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22An ode of congratulation to Zion on her restoration at the Lord's second advent to her true position as the mother church from which the Gospel is to be diffused to the whole Gentile world; the first promulgation of the Gospel among the Gentiles, beginning at Jerusalem [Lu 24:47], is an earnest of this. The language is too glorious to apply to anything that as yet has happened. 1. Arise--from the dust in which thou hast been sitting as a mourning female…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 60
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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