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title: "Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 4"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "William Pringle"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 44 of 50
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-isaiah-volume-4/44/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. William Pringle, Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 4, section 44. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-isaiah-volume-4/44/"
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# Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 4

*John Calvin, tr. William Pringle*

Calvin on the prophet Isaiah, volume 4 of 4.

## 44. Chapter 60

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[¶0] 1 Arise, be bright; For thy brightness is come; And the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.

[¶1] 2 For, behold! darkness shall cover the earth, And thick darkness the peoples; But Jehovah shall arise upon thee; And his glory shall be seen upon thee.

[¶2] 3 And the Gentiles shall walk to thy brightness, And kings to the luster of thy rising.

[¶3] 4 Lift up thine eyes round about, And see. They all are assembled that they may come to thee; Thy sons shall come from afar; Thy daughters shall be nursed at the side.

[¶4] 5 Then thou shalt see, And shalt be bright; Thou shalt tremble, And thy heart shall be enlarged; Because the abundance of the sea shall be converted to thee; The riches of the Gentiles shall come to thee.

[¶5] 6 A multitude of camels shall cover thee, Of the dromedaries of Midian And Ephah; All they from Sheba shall come; They shall bring gold And incense, And shall declare the praises of Jehovah.

[¶6] 7 All the sheep of Kedar shall be gathered together to thee; The rams of Nebaioth shall minister to thee; They shall ascend to the good-pleasure of mine altar; And I will glorify the house of my glory.

[¶7] 8 Who are those that fly as a cloud, And as doves to their windows?

[¶8] 9 Surely the islands shall wait for me, And the ships of Tarshish; That they may bring thy sons from afar, Their silver And their gold with them, To the name of Jehovah thy God, And to the Holy One of Israel; For he hath glorified thee.

[¶9] 10 And the sons of the foreigner shall build thy walls, And their kings shall minister to thee; For in my wrath I smote thee; And in my loving-kindness have I had compassion on thee.

[¶10] 11 And thy gates shall be open continually; They shall not be shut by day nor by night; That the riches of the Gentiles may be carried to thee, And that their kings may be led.

[¶11] 12 For the nation And kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; The nations, Is, shall be utterly destroyed.

[¶12] 13 The glory of Lebanon shall come to thee; The fir-tree, the pine, And the box together; To the beauty of the place of my holiness; For I will glorify the place of my feet.

[¶13] 14 And the sons of them that afflict thee Shall come bending to thee; And all who despised thee, Shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; And they shall call thee the City of Jehovah, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

[¶14] 15 Instead of thy having been forsaken And hated, So that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, The joy of generation And generation.

[¶15] 16 And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles; Thou shalt suck the breast of kings; And thou shalt know that Jehovah Am thy Savior And thy Redeemer, The Mighty One of Jacob.

[¶16] 17 For brass I will bring gold; And for iron I will bring silver; And for wood, brass; And for stones, iron; And I will make thy magistracy peace, And thine exactors, righteousness.

[¶17] 18 Oppression shall no longer be heard in thy hind; Wasting or destruction within thy borders; And thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, And thy gates, Praise.

[¶18] 19 And thou shalt no longer have the sun for the light of days, Nor shall the brightness of the moon give light to thee; For Jehovah shall be to thee an everlasting light, And thy God shall be thy glory.

[¶19] 20 Thy sun shall no longer set; And thy moon shall no longer wane; For Jehovah shall be to thee an everlasting light; And the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

[¶20] 21 Thy people also shall all be righteous; They shall inherit the land for ever; The branch of his planting shall be the work of my hands, That I may be glorified.

[¶21] 22 A little one shall become a thousand; A small one, a strong nation; Jehovah will hasten this in her time.