Isaiah 60:2
For beholde, darkenesse shall couer the earth, and grosse darkenesse the people: but the Lord shall arise vpon thee, and his glory shall be seene vpon thee.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1Arise, O Ierusalem: be bright, for thy light is come, and the glorie of the Lord is risen vpon thee.
3And the Gentiles shall walke in thy light, and Kings at the brightnesse of thy rising vp.
Cross References
Leviticus 9:23After, Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and came out, and blessed the people, and the glorie of the Lord appeared to all the people.
1 Kings 8:11So that the Priestes could not stande to minister, because of the cloude: for the glorie of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.
Isaiah 8:22And when he shall looke to the earth, beholde trouble, and darkenes, vexation and anguish, and he is driuen to darkenes.
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 10:4Then the glorie of the Lord went vp from the Cherub, and stoode ouer the doore of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightnesse of the Lordes glorie.
Haggai 2:7For thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Yet a litle while, and I will shake the heauens and the 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 →