Isaiah 60:1
You people of Jerusalem [PRS], stand up! Yahweh has done glorious things for you, and he has acted powerfully for you; so show others that he is very great!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 9:2Some day, it will be as though [MET] the people who walked in darkness will see a great light. A great light will shine on those who live in a land where they have great troubles/distress.
Isaiah 58:8If you do those things, what you do for others will be like [SIM] a light that shines when it dawns. The troubles that have been caused by your sins will end quickly. Others will know about your righteous behavior, and with my glorious presence I will protect you from behind like I protected the Israeli people when they left Egypt.
Isaiah 62:1Because I am very concerned about the people of Jerusalem [DOU], I will do something to help them. I will not stop praying for them until they are rescued/freed from their oppressors, until that becomes as apparent to everyone as the dawn every morning, until people can see it as clearly as [SIM] they see a torch shining brightly at night.
Ezekiel 43:4The glory of Yahweh entered the temple through the east entrance.
Matthew 4:16Although the people there will be like people who sit in a dark place [MET], they will suddenly perceive clearly a new teaching, as people who have seen a big light shining on them [MET] perceive everything clearly. The people who are located in a dangerous [MET] region will suddenly perceive clearly what God teaches, as people on whom a light shines perceive things clearly [MET, DOU].
Luke 1:78Our God will do that because he is very kind to us. Just like a new day begins when the sun rises [MET], God will do that new thing for us when the Messiah comes to us from heaven.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 60:1
This whole chapter is all to the same purport, all in the same strain; it is a part of God's covenant with his church, which is spoken of in the last verse of the foregoing chapter, and the blessings here promised are the fruits of the word and Spirit there promised. The long continuance of the church, even unto the utmost ages of time, was there promised, and here the large extent of the church, even unto the utmost regions of the earth; and both these tend to the honour of the Redeemer. It is here promised, I.… Read the whole commentary →