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ESV Global Study Bible :: Footnotes for Isaiah 60

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Isa. 60:1 Arise, shine addresses Zion (see 59:20; 60:14). The bright future of God’s people calls for cheerful expectancy. your light has come. See 58:8. the glory of the Lord. See 40:5.

Isa. 60:2 God will make a clear public distinction between those who are his and those who are not his (see Ex. 8:22–23).

Isa. 60:4 Lift up your eyes. Believers can expect to see many new believers entering Zion (see 43:5–7; 49:18; 54:1–8; 66:18–23).

Isa. 60:5–7 There will be a wonderful reordering of society, so that God’s people become the predominant culture, honored by all nations. They will be a blessing, as promised in Gen. 12:1–3.

Isa. 60:8–9 These that fly like a cloud are rapidly approaching foreign ships bringing new believers who are devoted to the Lord. the ships of Tarshish. See 2:16 and 23:1. The nations see in the beauty of God’s people the beauty of the Holy One of Israel. He glorifies his name by glorifying the people who bear his name.

Isa. 60:10 Instead of persecuting God’s people, the nations will build them up. your walls. Zion, the city of God. See Neh. 2:7–8 for a short-term fulfillment of this promise, and Acts 15:12–16 for a longer-term, spiritual fulfillment.

Isa. 60:11 Your gates shall be open continually because there will be no more war or threat of war, or even the threat of stealing by thieves (see 2:4; 26:1–4; 33:20–22). This will be the new Jerusalem (Rev. 21:25).

Isa. 60:13 The glory of the nations will beautify, not profane, the worship of God.

Isa. 60:16 A poetic picture of the people of God as infants, with other nations caring for them.

Isa. 60:19 the Lord will be your everlasting light. Compare Rev. 21:23.

Isa. 60:21–22 The people of Zion will be righteous, not sinful; secure, not imperiled; fruitful, not disappointing; and influential, not ignored.

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