Isaiah 60:2

For, hinei, the choshech shall cover Eretz, 1 and gross darkness the nations; 1 but Hashem shall arise upon thee, 1 and His kavod shall be seen upon thee. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

1Arise, shine; for thy + 60:1 Tziyonʼs ohr is come, 1 and the kavod Hashem is risen upon thee. 1

3And the Goyim shall walk by thy ohr, 1 and melachim by the brightness of thy shining. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 9:23And Moshe and Aharon went into the Ohel Mo'ed, and came out, and pronounced a bracha over the people; and the kavod Hashem appeared unto kol HaAm.

1 Kings 8:11So that the Kohanim could not stand up to minister because of the anan; for the Kavod Hashem had filled the Beis Hashem.

Isaiah 8:22And they shall look unto eretz; and, hinei, tzarah and darkness, gloom of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.

Isaiah 62:1For the sake of Tziyon will I not hold my peace 1 and for the sake of Yerushalayim I will not remain quiet, 1 until her tzedek go forth like nogah (brightness), 1 and her Yeshu'ah (Salvation) like a blazing lapid (torch), 1

Ezekiel 10:4Then the Kavod Hashem went up from the Keruv, and stood over the threshold of the Beis; and the Beis was filled with the anan (cloud), and the khatzer (courtyard) was full of the radiance of the Kavod Hashem.

Haggai 2:7And I will shake kol Goyim, and the Chemdat kol HaGoyim (desired of all nations) shall come: and I will fill this Beis with kavod, saith Hashem Tzva'os.

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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