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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 60

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Chapter 60 of Isaiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ “Arise,1 O woman,[a] shed forth light,2 for your light has come3 and upon you the very glory of Jehovah has shone forth.4
  2. For, look! darkness5 itself will cover the earth, and thick gloom the national groups; but upon you Jehovah will shine forth, and upon you his own glory will be seen.6
  3. And nations will certainly go to your light,7 and kings8 to the brightness of your shining forth.9
  4. ¶ “Raise your[b] eyes all around and see! They have all of them been collected together;10 they have come to you.11 From far away your own sons keep coming, and your daughters who will be taken care of on the flank.12
  5. At that time you will see[c] and certainly become radiant,13 and your heart will actually quiver and expand, because to you the wealthiness of the sea will direct itself; the very resources of the nations will come to you.14
  6. The heaving mass of camels itself will cover you, the young male camels of Midʹi·an and of Eʹphah.15 All those from Sheʹba16—they will come. Gold and frankincense they will carry. And the praises of Jehovah they will announce.17
  7. All the flocks of Keʹdar18—they will be collected together to you. The rams of Ne·baʹioth19—they will minister to you.[d]20 With approval they will come up upon my altar,21 and I shall beautify my own house of beauty.22
  8. ¶ “Who are these that come flying just like a cloud,23 and like doves to their birdhouse holes?
  9. For in me the islands themselves will keep hoping,24 the ships of Tarʹshish25 also as at the first, in order to bring your sons from far away,26 their silver and their gold being with them,27 to the name28 of Jehovah your God[e] and to the Holy One of Israel,29 for he will have beautified you.30
  10. And foreigners[f] will actually build your walls,31 and their own kings will minister[g] to you;32 for in my indignation I shall have struck you,33 but in my goodwill I shall certainly have mercy upon you.34
  11. ¶ “And your gates will actually be kept open[h] constantly;35 they will not be closed even by day or by night, in order to bring to you the resources of the nations,36 and their kings will be taking the lead.37
  12. For any nation and any kingdom that will not serve you will perish; and the nations themselves will without fail come to devastation.38
  13. ¶ “To you the very glory of Lebʹa·non will come, the juniper tree, the ash tree and the cypress at the same time,39 in order to beautify the place of my sanctuary;40 and I shall glorify the very place of my feet.41
  14. ¶ “And to you the sons of those afflicting you must go, bowing down;42 and all those treating you disrespectfully must bend down at the very soles of your feet,43 and they will have to call you the city of Jehovah, Zion44 of the Holy One of Israel.
  15. ¶ “Instead of your proving to be one left entirely and hated, with nobody passing through,45 I will even set you as a thing of pride to time indefinite, an exultation for generation after generation.46
  16. And you will actually suck the milk of nations,47 and the breast of kings you will suck;48 and you will be certain to know that I, Jehovah,49 am your Savior,50 and the Powerful One51 of Jacob is your Repurchaser.[i]52
  17. Instead of the copper I shall bring in gold,53 and instead of the iron I shall bring in silver, and instead of the wood, copper, and instead of the stones, iron; and I will appoint peace as your overseers[j]54 and righteousness as your task assigners.55
  18. ¶ “No more will violence be heard in your land, despoiling or breakdown within your boundaries.56 And you will certainly call your own walls Salvation57 and your gates Praise.
  19. For you the sun will no more prove to be a light by day, and for brightness the moon itself will no more give you light. And Jehovah must become to you an indefinitely lasting light,58 and your God[k] your beauty.59
  20. No more will your sun set, nor will your moon go on the wane; for Jehovah himself will become for you an indefinitely lasting light,60 and the days of your mourning will have come to completion.61
  21. And as for your people, all of them will be righteous;62 to time indefinite they will hold possession of the land,63 the sprout of my[l] planting,64 the work of my hands,65 for [me] to be beautified.66
  22. The little one himself will become a thousand, and the small one a mighty nation.67 I myself, Jehovah, shall speed it up in its own time.”68

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “O woman,” because the one addressed as “you” and the verbs in Heb. are fem. sing. TLXXVgc, “O Jerusalem!”
  2. ^ “Your,” fem. sing., as in vs 1.
  3. ^ “See,” 1QIsaMTLXXSyVg; 15 or more Heb. mss, “fear.”
  4. ^ “They will minister (be attendants) to you.” Heb., yeshor·thuʹnekh; Lat., mi·ni·straʹbunt.
  5. ^ “Your God.” Heb., ʼElo·haʹyikh.
  6. ^ Lit., “sons of a foreign (country).”
  7. ^ See vs 7 ftn.
  8. ^ “Your gates will actually be kept open,” by a correction in agreement with TLXXSyVg; 1QIsaM, “open you your gates.”
  9. ^ Or, “I am Jehovah your Savior and your Repurchaser, the Powerful One of Jacob.”
  10. ^ Lit., “your oversight.”
  11. ^ “And your God.” Heb., wEʼ·lo·haʹyikh.
  12. ^ “My,” TSyVg and 14 or more Heb. mss; 1QIsa, “Jehovah’s”; M, “his.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Is 51:17; 52:1; 58:1
  2. ^ Is 42:6; Mt 5:16; Eph 5:8; Pp 2:15
  3. ^ Is 9:2; Lu 1:79; Jn 1:9
  4. ^ Is 60:19; Ml 4:2; Lu 2:32; 1Pe 4:14; Re 22:5
  5. ^ Ac 26:18; Ro 1:21; 1Pe 2:9
  6. ^ 2Co 3:18
  7. ^ Ge 49:10; Is 11:10
  8. ^ Ps 2:10; Is 49:23
  9. ^ Re 21:24
  10. ^ Is 49:18
  11. ^ Is 49:21; Hg 2:7; Jn 10:16; Re 7:13
  12. ^ Is 49:22
  13. ^ Je 33:9
  14. ^ Is 54:2; 61:6; Hg 2:7, 8
  15. ^ 1Ch 1:33
  16. ^ 2Ch 9:1
  17. ^ Ml 1:11; Ro 15:9; Re 19:6
  18. ^ Is 42:11
  19. ^ Ge 25:13
  20. ^ Ex 29:39; Le 5:15; 9:2; Nu 6:14
  21. ^ Is 56:7; Heb 13:10
  22. ^ Hg 2:9
  23. ^ Re 7:9
  24. ^ Is 51:5; Ro 15:12
  25. ^ 1Ki 10:22
  26. ^ Is 60:4; 66:20
  27. ^ Zc 14:14
  28. ^ 1Ki 8:41; Ps 72:19
  29. ^ Is 48:17
  30. ^ Ps 149:4; Is 52:1; 55:5; Lu 2:32
  31. ^ Ne 3:26
  32. ^ Ezr 7:27; Ne 2:7; Is 49:23; Re 21:24
  33. ^ Is 57:17
  34. ^ De 30:3; 1Ki 11:39; Ps 30:5; Is 12:1; 54:7
  35. ^ Re 21:25
  36. ^ Is 60:5
  37. ^ Is 60:3
  38. ^ Ps 2:12; Is 41:11; Da 2:44; Lu 19:27; Re 2:27
  39. ^ Is 35:2; 41:19; 55:13
  40. ^ Ps 96:6
  41. ^ Ps 99:5; 132:7
  42. ^ Is 14:2; 45:14; Je 16:19
  43. ^ Re 3:9
  44. ^ Ps 48:2; 87:3; Is 62:12; Heb 12:22
  45. ^ 2Ch 36:17; Is 49:14; Je 30:17; 33:10; La 1:4; Ga 4:27
  46. ^ Is 35:10; 61:7; Je 33:11
  47. ^ Is 61:6; 66:11
  48. ^ Is 49:23
  49. ^ Eze 34:30
  50. ^ Is 43:3
  51. ^ Ps 46:11; 132:2; Is 30:29; 49:26
  52. ^ Is 41:14
  53. ^ 1Ki 10:21; Re 21:18
  54. ^ Is 32:1; 1Pe 5:2
  55. ^ Is 1:26
  56. ^ Is 2:4; 11:9; 54:14; Zc 9:8
  57. ^ Is 26:1; 1Co 3:17; Re 19:1
  58. ^ Ps 36:9; Is 60:1; Re 21:23; 22:5
  59. ^ Ps 62:7; 71:8; Zc 2:5; Lu 2:32
  60. ^ Ps 27:1; 84:11; Jm 1:17
  61. ^ Is 25:8; 30:19; 35:10; Re 21:4
  62. ^ Is 32:16; 2Pe 3:13
  63. ^ Ps 37:11, 29; Mt 5:5; Re 21:7
  64. ^ Ps 92:13; Mt 15:13
  65. ^ Is 29:23; 43:7; Eph 2:10
  66. ^ Is 43:21; 44:23
  67. ^ Da 2:35; Re 7:9
  68. ^ Is 5:19; Hab 2:3

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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