Part 494 (2/2)
60:8. Who are these, that fly as clouds, and as doves to their windows?
60:9. For, the islands wait for me, and the s.h.i.+ps of the sea in the beginning: that I may bring thy sons from afar: their silver, and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord thy G.o.d, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
60:10. And the children of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath have I struck thee, and in my reconciliation have I had mercy upon thee.
60:11. And thy gates shall be open continually: they shall not be shut day nor night, that the strength of the Gentiles may be brought to thee, and their kings may be brought.
60:12. For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation.
60:13. The glory of Liba.n.u.s shall come to thee, the fir tree, and the box tree, and the pine tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary: and I will glorify the place of my feet.
60:14. And the children of them that afflict thee, shall come bowing down to thee, and all that slandered thee shall wors.h.i.+p the steps of thy feet, and shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Sion of the Holy One of Israel.
60:15. Because thou wast forsaken, and hated, and there was none that pa.s.sed through thee, I will make thee to be an everlasting glory, a joy unto generation and generation:
60:16. And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and thou shalt be nursed with the b.r.e.a.s.t.s of kings: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
60:17. For bra.s.s I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver: and for wood bra.s.s, and for stones iron: and I will make thy visitation peace, and thy overseers justice.
60:18. Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders, and salvation shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates.
60:19. Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy G.o.d for thy glory.
Thou shalt no more, etc... In this latter part of the chapter, the prophet pa.s.ses from the ill.u.s.trious promises made to the church militant on earth, to the glory of the church triumphant in heaven.
60:20. Thy sun shall go down no more, and thy moon shall not decrease: for the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
60:21. And thy people shall be all just, they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hand to glorify me.
60:22. The least shall become a thousand, and a little one a most strong nation: I the Lord will suddenly do this thing in its time.
Isaias Chapter 61
The office of Christ: the mission of the Apostles; the happiness of their converts.
61:1. The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.
61:2. To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our G.o.d: to comfort all that mourn:
61:3. To appoint to the mourners of Sion, and to give them a crown for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, a garment of praise for the spirit of grief: and they shall be called in it the mighty ones of justice, the planting of the Lord to glorify him.
61:4. And they shall build the places that have been waste from of old, and shall raise up ancient ruins, and shall repair the desolate cities, that were destroyed for generation and generation.
61:5. And strangers shall stand and shall feed your flocks: and the sons of strangers shall be your husbandman, and the dressers of your vines.
61:6. But you shall be called the priests of the Lord: to you it shall be said: Ye ministers of our G.o.d: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and you shall pride yourselves in their glory.
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