Isaiah 60:2
For lo! darkness, covereth the earth, And, deep gloom the peoples,—But, on thee, beameth Yahweh, And, his glory, on thee is seen.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1Arise—shine, For thy light, hath come,—And, the glory of Yahweh, on thee, hath beamed;
3So shall nations come to thy light, And kings to the brightness of thy dawning.
Cross References
Leviticus 9:23And when Moses and Aaron had entered into the tent of meeting,—and had come forth, and blessed the people, then appeared the glory of Yahweh, unto all the people;
1 Kings 8:11so that the priests could not stand to minister, because of the cloud,—for, the glory of Yahweh, filled, the house of Yahweh.
Isaiah 8:22And unto the land, shall they look hard, And lo! distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, driven away!
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 10:4Then arose the glory of Yahweh from off the cherub, unto the threshold of the house,—and the house was filled with the cloud, and the, court, was filled with the brightness of the glory of Yahweh.
Haggai 2:7And I will shake all the nations, and the delight of all the nations, shall come in,—and I will fill this house with glory, saith Yahweh of hosts.
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 →