Isaiah 60:1-12 Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen on you.… In the East the sun does not rise; the word is weak for an arrival almost too sudden for twilight. In the East the sun leaps above the horizon. You do not feel that he is coming, but that he is come. This first verse is suggested by the swiftness with which he bursts upon an Eastern city, and the shrouded form does not, as in our twilight, slowly unwrap itself, but "shines" at once, all plates and points of glory. Then the figure yields: for Jerusalem is not merely one radiant point in a world equally lighted by the sun, but is herself Jehovah's unique luminary. (Ibid.) Parallel Verses KJV: Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.WEB: "Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of Yahweh is risen on you. |
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