Isaiah 60:1
Arise, O Ierusalem: be bright, for thy light is come, and the glorie of the Lord is risen vpon thee.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 9:2The people that walked in darkenes haue seene a great light: they that dwelled in the land of the shadowe of death, vpon them hath the light shined.
Isaiah 58:8Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thine health shall grow speedily: thy righteousnes shall goe before thee, and the glorie of the Lord shall embrace thee.
Isaiah 62:1For Zions sake I will not holde my tongue, and for Ierusalems sake I wil not rest, vntil the righteousnes thereof breake foorth as the light, and saluation thereof as a burning lampe.
Ezekiel 43:4And the glorie of the Lord came into the house by the way of the gate, whose prospect is towarde the East.
Matthew 4:16The people which sate in darkenes, sawe great light: and to them which sate in the region, and shadowe of death, light is risen vp.
Luke 1:78Through ye tender mercy of our God, wherby the day spring from an hie hath visited vs,
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 →