New Living Translation
Isaiah 60:1
1“Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises to shine 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, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you. 2Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you. 3All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.
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ק֥וּמִי א֖וֹרִי כִּ֣י בָ֣א אוֹרֵ֑ךְ וּכְב֥וֹד יְהוָ֖ה עָלַ֥יִךְ זָרָֽח׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 60:1
- Isaiah 52:1Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourself with strength. Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem, for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.
- Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.
- Ephesians 5:8For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light!
- Philippians 2:15so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people.
- Isaiah 60:19“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.
- Isaiah 9:2The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine.
- Matthew 4:16the people who sat in darkness have seen a great light. And for those who lived in the land where death casts its shadow, a light has shined.”
- Luke 1:78Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,
- John 1:9The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
- John 3:19And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
- John 8:12Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
- John 12:46I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark.
- Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light.
- Revelation 22:5And there will be no night there—no need for lamps or sun—for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.
- Malachi 4:2“But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.
- Luke 2:32He is a light to reveal God to the nations, and he is the glory of 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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