Isaiah 60:1
Arise—shine, For thy light, hath come,—And, the glory of Yahweh, on thee, hath beamed;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 who were walking in darkness, Have seen a great light,—The dwellers in a land death-shadowed, A light, hath shined upon them.
Isaiah 58:8Then, shall break forth, as the dawn, thy light, And thy new flesh shall speedily grow,—Then shall go before thee, thy righteousness, the glory of Yahweh shall bring up thy rear:
Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake, will I not hold my peace, And for Jerusalem’s sake, will I not rest,—Until her righteousness, go forth as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that is lighted.
Ezekiel 43:4And the glory of Yahweh entered into the house,—by way of the gate which looked toward the east.
Matthew 4:16The people that was sitting in darkness, a great light, beheld,—and, on them who were sitting in land and shade of death, Light rose on them.
Luke 1:78Because of the yearning compassion of the mercy of our God, wherein shall visit us a day-dawn from on high,—
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 →