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Isaiah 60:2

For behold, darkness will cover the earth, and thick darkness will cover the peoples. Then the Lord will rise above you, and his glory will be seen in you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In The King James Version

For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

In Context

1Rise up to be illuminated, O Jerusalem! For your light has arrived, and the glory of the Lord has risen over you.

3And the nations will walk in your light, and the kings will walk by the splendor of your rising.

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Cross References

Leviticus 9:23Then Moses and Aaron entered the tabernacle of the testimony, and afterwards came out and blessed the people. And the glory of the Lord appeared to the entire multitude.

1 Kings 8:11And the priests were unable to stand and minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

Isaiah 8:22And he will gaze downward to the earth, and behold: tribulation and darkness, dissolution and distress, and a pursuing gloom. For he will not be able to fly away from its distress.

Isaiah 62:1For the sake of Zion, I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest, until her Just One advances in splendor, and her Savior is kindled like a lamp.

Ezekiel 10:4And the glory of the Lord was lifted up, from above the cherubim, to the threshold of the house. And the house was filled with the cloud. And the court was filled with the splendor of the glory of the Lord.

Haggai 2:7For thus says the Lord of hosts: There is yet one brief time, and I will move heaven and earth, and the sea and the dry land.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 60:2-9

The Extension of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. 2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters… Read the whole commentary →

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