Isaiah 60-62

New International Version

The Glory of Zion

60 “Arise,^(A) shine, for your light^(B) has come,
    and the glory^(C) of the Lord rises upon you.
²See, darkness^(D) covers the earth
    and thick darkness^(E) is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.
³Nations^(F) will come to your light,^(G)
    and kings^(H) to the brightness of your dawn.

⁴“Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble^(I) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,^(J)
    and your daughters^(K) are carried on the hip.^(L)
⁵Then you will look and be radiant,^(M)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;^(N)
the wealth^(O) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.
⁶Herds of camels^(P) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian^(Q) and Ephah.^(R)
And all from Sheba^(S) will come,
    bearing gold and incense^(T)
    and proclaiming the praise^(U) of the Lord.
⁷All Kedar’s^(V) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings^(W) on my altar,^(X)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.^(Y)

⁸“Who are these^(Z) that fly along like clouds,^(AA)
    like doves to their nests?
⁹Surely the islands^(AB) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,^[a]^(AC)
bringing^(AD) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,^(AE)
to the honor^(AF) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(AG) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.^(AH)

¹⁰“Foreigners^(AI) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings^(AJ) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor^(AK) I will show you compassion.^(AL)
¹¹Your gates^(AM) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations^(AN)—
    their kings^(AO) led in triumphal procession.
¹²For the nation or kingdom that will not serve^(AP) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.^(AQ)

¹³“The glory of Lebanon^(AR) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,^(AS)
to adorn my sanctuary;^(AT)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.^(AU)
¹⁴The children of your oppressors^(AV) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(AW) at your feet
and will call you the City^(AX) of the Lord,
    Zion^(AY) of the Holy One^(AZ) of Israel.

¹⁵“Although you have been forsaken^(BA) and hated,
    with no one traveling^(BB) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride^(BC)
    and the joy^(BD) of all generations.
¹⁶You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed^(BE) at royal breasts.
Then you will know^(BF) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,^(BG)
    your Redeemer,^(BH) the Mighty One of Jacob.^(BI)
¹⁷Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,^(BJ)
    and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
    and iron in place of stones.
I will make peace^(BK) your governor
    and well-being your ruler.^(BL)
¹⁸No longer will violence^(BM) be heard in your land,
    nor ruin or destruction^(BN) within your borders,
but you will call your walls Salvation^(BO)
    and your gates Praise.^(BP)
¹⁹The sun will no more be your light by day,
    nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,^(BQ)
    and your God will be your glory.^(BR)
²⁰Your sun^(BS) will never set again,
    and your moon will wane no more;
the Lord will be your everlasting light,
    and your days of sorrow^(BT) will end.
²¹Then all your people will be righteous^(BU)
    and they will possess^(BV) the land forever.
They are the shoot I have planted,^(BW)
    the work of my hands,^(BX)
    for the display of my splendor.^(BY)
²²The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.^(BZ)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”^(CA)

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

61 The Spirit^(CB) of the Sovereign Lord^(CC) is on me,
    because the Lord has anointed^(CD) me
    to proclaim good news^(CE) to the poor.^(CF)
He has sent me to bind up^(CG) the brokenhearted,
    to proclaim freedom^(CH) for the captives^(CI)
    and release from darkness for the prisoners,^[b]
²to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor^(CJ)
    and the day of vengeance^(CK) of our God,
to comfort^(CL) all who mourn,^(CM)
³    and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown^(CN) of beauty
    instead of ashes,^(CO)
the oil^(CP) of joy
    instead of mourning,^(CQ)
and a garment of praise
    instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    a planting^(CR) of the Lord
    for the display of his splendor.^(CS)

⁴They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(CT)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.
⁵Strangers^(CU) will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
⁶And you will be called priests^(CV) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth^(CW) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

⁷Instead of your shame^(CX)
    you will receive a double^(CY) portion,
and instead of disgrace
    you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit^(CZ) a double portion in your land,
    and everlasting joy^(DA) will be yours.

⁸“For I, the Lord, love justice;^(DB)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant^(DC) with them.
⁹Their descendants^(DD) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”^(DE)

¹⁰I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices^(DF) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,^(DG)
as a bridegroom adorns his head^(DH) like a priest,
    and as a bride^(DI) adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden^(DJ) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness^(DK)
    and praise spring up before all nations.

Zion’s New Name

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,^(DL)
    for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication^(DM) shines out like the dawn,^(DN)
    her salvation^(DO) like a blazing torch.
²The nations^(DP) will see your vindication,
    and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name^(DQ)
    that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
³You will be a crown^(DR) of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
    a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
⁴No longer will they call you Deserted,^(DS)
    or name your land Desolate.^(DT)
But you will be called Hephzibah,^[c]^(DU)
    and your land Beulah^[d];
for the Lord will take delight^(DV) in you,
    and your land will be married.^(DW)
⁵As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom^(DX) rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice^(DY) over you.

⁶I have posted watchmen^(DZ) on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,^(EA)
⁷and give him no rest^(EB) till he establishes Jerusalem
    and makes her the praise^(EC) of the earth.

⁸The Lord has sworn^(ED) by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain^(EE)
    as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
    for which you have toiled;
⁹but those who harvest it will eat^(EF) it
    and praise the Lord,^(EG)
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”^(EH)

¹⁰Pass through, pass through the gates!^(EI)
Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!^(EJ)
Remove the stones.
Raise a banner^(EK) for the nations.

¹¹The Lord has made proclamation
    to the ends of the earth:^(EL)
“Say to Daughter Zion,^(EM)
    ‘See, your Savior comes!^(EN)
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.’”^(EO)
¹²They will be called^(EP) the Holy People,^(EQ)
    the Redeemed^(ER) of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
    the City No Longer Deserted.^(ES)

Footnotes

Isaiah 60:9 Or the trading ships
Isaiah 61:1 Hebrew; Septuagint the blind
Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.

John 1

New International Version

The Word Became Flesh

1 In the beginning was the Word,^(A) and the Word was with God,^(B) and the Word was God.^(C) ²He was with God in the beginning.^(D) ³Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.^(E) ⁴In him was life,^(F) and that life was the light^(G) of all mankind. ⁵The light shines in the darkness,^(H) and the darkness has not overcome^[a] it.^(I)

⁶There was a man sent from God whose name was John.^(J) ⁷He came as a witness to testify^(K) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.^(L) ⁸He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

⁹The true light^(M) that gives light to everyone^(N) was coming into the world. ¹⁰He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,^(O) the world did not recognize him. ¹¹He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.^(P) ¹²Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed^(Q) in his name,^(R) he gave the right to become children of God^(S)— ¹³children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.^(T)

¹⁴The Word became flesh^(U) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,^(V) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace^(W) and truth.^(X)

¹⁵(John testified^(Y) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)^(Z) ¹⁶Out of his fullness^(AA) we have all received grace^(AB) in place of grace already given. ¹⁷For the law was given through Moses;^(AC) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.^(AD) ¹⁸No one has ever seen God,^(AE) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and^[b]^(AF) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah

¹⁹Now this was John’s^(AG) testimony when the Jewish leaders^[c]^(AH) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. ²⁰He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”^(AI)

²¹They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”^(AJ)

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you the Prophet?”^(AK)

He answered, “No.”

²²Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

²³John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,^(AL) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”^[d]^(AM)

²⁴Now the Pharisees who had been sent ²⁵questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

²⁶“I baptize with^[e] water,”^(AN) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. ²⁷He is the one who comes after me,^(AO) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”^(AP)

²⁸This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,^(AQ) where John was baptizing.

John Testifies About Jesus

²⁹The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,^(AR) who takes away the sin of the world!^(AS) ³⁰This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’^(AT) ³¹I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”

³²Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.^(AU) ³³And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water^(AV) told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’^(AW) ³⁴I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”^[f]^(AX)

John’s Disciples Follow Jesus^(AY)

³⁵The next day John^(AZ) was there again with two of his disciples. ³⁶When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”^(BA)

³⁷When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. ³⁸Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”

They said, “Rabbi”^(BB) (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

³⁹“Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.

⁴⁰Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. ⁴¹The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).^(BC) ⁴²And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called^(BD) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter^[g]).^(BE)

Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

⁴³The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,^(BF) he said to him, “Follow me.”^(BG)

⁴⁴Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.^(BH) ⁴⁵Philip found Nathanael^(BI) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,^(BJ) and about whom the prophets also wrote^(BK)—Jesus of Nazareth,^(BL) the son of Joseph.”^(BM)

⁴⁶“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”^(BN) Nathanael asked.

“Come and see,” said Philip.

⁴⁷When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite^(BO) in whom there is no deceit.”^(BP)

⁴⁸“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.

Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

⁴⁹Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi,^(BQ) you are the Son of God;^(BR) you are the king of Israel.”^(BS)

⁵⁰Jesus said, “You believe^[h] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” ⁵¹He then added, “Very truly I tell you,^[i] you^[j] will see ‘heaven open,^(BT) and the angels of God ascending and descending^(BU) on’^[k] the Son of Man.”^(BV)

Footnotes

John 1:5 Or understood
John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.
John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.
John 1:50 Or Do you believe … ?
John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
John 1:51 Gen. 28:12