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)
5 Then 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.

⁸ “Who are these^(A) that fly along like clouds,^(B)
    like doves to their nests?
⁹ Surely the islands^(C) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,^[a](D)
bringing^(E) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,^(F)
to the honor^(G) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(H) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.^(I)

¹⁰ “Foreigners^(A) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings^(B) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor^(C) I will show you compassion.^(D)
11 Your gates^(E) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations^(F)—
    their kings^(G) led in triumphal procession.
¹² For the nation or kingdom that will not serve^(H) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.^(I)

¹⁴ The children of your oppressors^(A) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(B) at your feet
and will call you the City^(C) of the Lord,
    Zion^(D) of the Holy One^(E) of Israel.

¹⁵ “Although you have been forsaken^(F) and hated,
    with no one traveling^(G) through,
I will make you the everlasting pride^(H)
    and the joy^(I) of all generations.
¹⁶ You will drink the milk of nations
    and be nursed^(J) at royal breasts.
Then you will know^(K) that I, the Lord, am your Savior,^(L)
    your Redeemer,^(M) the Mighty One of Jacob.^(N)

²² The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.^(A)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”^(B)