Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 60:1
1Arise, shine, for your light has come! The glory of Adonai has risen 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 has come! The glory of Adonai has risen on you. 2For behold, darkness covers the earth, and deep darkness the peoples. But Adonai will arise upon you, and His glory will appear over you. 3Nations will come to your light, kings to the brilliance of your rising.
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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 52:1Awake, awake! Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion! Clothe yourself in beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and the unclean will never invade you again.
- Matthew 5:16In the same way, let your light shine before men so they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”
- Ephesians 5:8For once you were darkness, but now in union with the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light
- Philippians 2:15so that you might be blameless and innocent, children of God in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation. Among them you shine as lights in the world,
- Isaiah 60:19No more will the sun be your light by day, nor the glow of the moon be your light, but Adonai will be your everlasting light, and your God for your glory.
- Isaiah 9:2You will multiply the nation. You will increase the joy. They will rejoice before You like the joy in the harvest, as they revel when they divide spoil.
- Matthew 4:16the people sitting in darkness have seen a great light, and those sitting in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”
- Luke 1:78Through our God’s heart of mercy, the Sunrise from on high will come upon us,
- John 1:9The true light, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
- John 3:19“Now this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world and men loved the darkness instead of the light, because their deeds were evil.
- John 8:12Yeshua spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows Me will no longer walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
- John 12:46As light I have come into the world, so that everyone who trusts in Me should not remain in darkness.
- Revelation 21:23And the city has no need for the sun or the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb.
- Revelation 22:5Night shall be no more, and people will have no need for lamplight or sunlight—for Adonai Elohim will shine on them. And they shall reign forever and ever!
- Luke 2:32‘A light for revelation to the nations’ and 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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