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Isaiah 60

3 The Gentiles shal come to the knowledge fo the Gospel. 8 They shal come to the Church in abundance. 16 They shal have abundance, though they suffer for a time.
1.aArise, ó Jerusalém: be bright, for thy light is come, and the glorie of the Lord is risen upon thee.
2.For behold, darkness shal cover the bearth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shal arise upon thee, and his glorie shalbe seen upon thee.
3.And the Gentiles shal walk in cthy light, and Kings at the brightness of thy rising up.
4.Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all dthese are gathered, and come to thee: thy sons shal come from far, and thy daughters shalbe nourished at thy side.
5.Then thou shalt see and shine: thine heart shalbe astonied e& enlarged, because the multitude of the sea shalbe converted unto thee, & the riches of the Gentiles shal come unto thee.
6.The fmultitude of camels shal cover thee: and the dromedaries of Midián and of Epháh: all they of Shebá shal come: they shal bring gold and incense, and shewe forth the praises of the Lord.
7.All the sheep gof Kedár shalbe gathered unto thee: the rams of Nebaióth shal serve thee they shal come up to be accepted upon mine haltar: and I will beautifie the house of my glorie.
8.Who are these ithat flee like a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
9.Surely the yle, shal wait for me, and the ships kof Tarshih, as at the beginning that they may bring thy sons from far, and their silver, and their gold with them, unto the Name of the Lord thy God, & to the holy one of Israél, because he hath glorified thee.
10.And the sons of strangers shal build up thy walls, and their lKings shal minister unto thee! for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my mercie I had compassion on thee.
11.Therefore thy gates shal be open continually: neither day nor night shal they be shut that men may bring unto thee the riches of the Gentiles, and that their Kings may be brought.
12.For the nation and the mkingdom, that will not serve thee, shal perish. and those nations shalbe utterly destroyed.
13.The nglory of Lebanón shal come unto thee, the fir tree, the elm and the box tree together, to beautifie the place of my Sanctuary: for I will glorify the place of my ofeet.
14.The sons also of them that afflicted thee, shal come and bow unto thee: and all they that despised thee, shal fall pdown at the soles of thy feet: and they shal call thee, The city of the Lord, Zión of the holy one of Israél.
15.Where as thou hast been forsaken and hated: so that no man went by thee, I will make thee an eternal glorie, and a joy from generation to generation.
16.Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the qbreasts of Kings: and thou shalt know, that I the Lord am thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jakkób.
17.For brass wil I bring gold, and for yron wil I bring silver, & for wood brass, and for stones yron. I wil also make thy government rpeace, and thine exactours righteousness.
18.Violence shal no more be heard of in thy land, neither desolation, nor destruction within thy borders: but thou shalt call ssalvation, thy walls, and praise, thy gates.
19.Thou shalt have no more sun to shine by day, neither shal the brightness of the tmoon shine unto thee: for the Lord shalbe thine everlasting light, and thy God, thy glorie.
20.Thy sun shal never go down, neither shal thy moon be hid. for the Lord shal be thine everlasting light, and the daies of thy sorrow shalbe ended.
21.Thy people also shalbe all righteous · they shal possess the land for ever, the ugrass of my planting shalbe the work of mine hands, that I may be glorified.
22.A little one shal become as a xthousand, and a small one as a strong nation: I the Lord wil hasten it in due time.

Notes

1-a.
The time of your prosperity and felicity where as speaking of Babylon he commanded her to go down, Ch. 47.1.
2-b.
Signifying, that all men are in darkness till God give them the light of his Spirit, and that this light shines to none but to those that are in his Church.
3-c.
Meaning, the Judea should be as the morning star, and that the Gentiles should receive light of her.
4-d.
An infinite number from all countries, as Ch. 49.18.
5-e.
For joy, as the heart is drawen in for sorrow.
6-f.
Meaning, that every one shall honour the Lord with that, wherewith he is able signifying that it is no true serving of God, except we offer our selves to serve his glory, and all that we have.
7-g.
That is, the Arabians that have great abundance of cattle.
7-h.
Because the altar was a figure of Christ, Ebr. 13.10. he shows that nothing can be acceptable to him, which is not offered to him by this altar, who was both the offering and the altar itself.
8-i.
Showing what great number shall come to the Church and with what great diligence and zeal.
9-k.
The Gentiles that are now enemies, shall become friends and debtors for them of the Church.
10-l.
Meaning, Cyrus and his successors, but chiefly this is accomplished in them that serve Christ being converted by his Gospel.
12-m.
He shows that God has given all power and authority here in earth for the use of his Church: and that they which will not serve and profit the same shall be destroyed.
13-n.
There is nothing so excellent which shall not serve the necessity of the Church.
13-o.
Signifying, that God’s majesty is not included in the temple, which is but the place for his feet, that we may learn to rise up to the heavens.
14-p.
To worship their head Christ by obeying his doctrine.
16-q.
Both high and low shall be ready to help and succour you.
17-r.
Your governors shall love you and seek your wealth and prosperity.
18-s.
Meaning, not a temporal felicity, but a spiritual, which is fulfilled in Christ’s kingdom.
19-t.
Signifying that all worldly means shall cease, and that Christ shall be all in all, as Rev. 21.22 and 22.5.
21-T.
he children of the Church.
22-x.
Meaning, that the Church should be miraculously multiplied.