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11 Your gates will remain open at all times;
they will not be shut during the day or at night,
so that the wealth of nations may be delivered,
with their kings leading the way.[a]
12 Indeed,[b] nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;
such nations will definitely be destroyed.[c]
13 The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,
its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,
to beautify my palace;[d]
I will bestow honor on my throne room.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 60:11 tn Or “led in procession.” The participle is passive.
  2. Isaiah 60:12 tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); TEV “But.”
  3. Isaiah 60:12 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
  4. Isaiah 60:13 tn Or “holy place, sanctuary.”
  5. Isaiah 60:13 tn Heb “the place of my feet.” See Ezek 43:7, where the Lord’s throne is called the “place of the soles of my feet.”

11 Your gates(A) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations(B)
    their kings(C) led in triumphal procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve(D) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.(E)

13 “The glory of Lebanon(F) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,(G)
to adorn my sanctuary;(H)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.(I)

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