Isaiah Chapter 60

English (Douay-Rheims)

1 Arise, be enlightened, O Jerusalem: for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
2 For behold darkness shall cover the earth, and a mist the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness of thy rising.
4 Lift up thy eyes round about, and see: all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: thy sons shall come from afar, and thy daughters shall rise up at thy side.
5 Then shalt thou see, and abound, and thy heart shall wonder and be enlarged, when the multitude of the sea shall be converted to thee, the strength of the Gentiles shall come to thee.
6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense: and showing forth praise to the Lord.
7 All the flocks of Cedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nabaioth shall minister to thee: they shall be offered upon my acceptable altar, and I will glorify the house of my majesty.
8 Who are these, that fly as clouds, and as doves to their windows?
9 For, the islands wait for me, and the ships of the sea in the beginning: that I may bring thy sons from afar: their silver, and their gold with them, to the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
10 And the children of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister to thee: for in my wrath have I struck thee, and in my reconciliation have I had mercy upon thee.
11 And thy gates shall be open continually: they shall not be shut day nor night, that the strength of the Gentiles may be brought to thee, and their kings may be brought.
12 For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation.
13 The glory of Libanus shall come to thee, the fir tree, and the box tree, and the pine tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary: and I will glorify the place of my feet.
14 And the children of them that afflict thee, shall come bowing down to thee, and all that slandered thee shall worship the steps of thy feet, and shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Sion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 Because thou wast forsaken, and hated, and there was none that passed through thee, I will make thee to be an everlasting glory, a joy unto generation and generation:
16 And thou shalt suck the milk of the Gentiles, and thou shalt be nursed with the breasts of kings: and thou shalt know that I am the Lord thy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver: and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make thy visitation peace, and thy overseers justice.
18 Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders, and salvation shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates.
19 Thou shalt no more have the sun for thy light by day, neither shall the brightness of the moon enlighten thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and thy God for thy glory. Thou shalt no more, etc... In this latter part of the chapter, the prophet passes from the illustrious promises made to the church militant on earth, to the glory of the church triumphant in heaven.
20 Thy sun shall go down no more, and thy moon shall not decrease: for the Lord shall be unto thee for an everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
21 And thy people shall be all just, they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hand to glorify me.
22 The least shall become a thousand, and a little one a most strong nation: I the Lord will suddenly do this thing in its time.

Old Testament first published 1609 by the English College at Douay
New Testament first published 1582 by the English College at Rheims
Revised and Annotated 1749 by Bishop Richard Challoner
Imprimatur. +James Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, September 1, 1899

Latin (Clementine Vulgate)

1 Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem, quia venit lumen tuum,
et gloria Domini super te orta est.
2 Quia ecce tenebræ operient terram,
et caligo populos;
super te autem orietur Dominus,
et gloria ejus in te videbitur.
3 Et ambulabunt gentes in lumine tuo,
et reges in splendore ortus tui.
4 Leva in circuitu oculos tuos, et vide:
omnes isti congregati sunt, venerunt tibi;
filii tui de longe venient
et filiæ tuæ de latere surgent.
5 Tunc videbis, et afflues;
mirabitur et dilatabitur cor tuum:
quando conversa fuerit ad te multitudo maris;
fortitudo gentium venerit tibi.
6 Inundatio camelorum operiet te,
dromedarii Madian et Epha;
omnes de Saba venient,
aurum et thus deferentes,
et laudem Domino annuntiantes.
7 Omne pecus Cedar congregabitur tibi;
arietes Nabaioth ministrabunt tibi:
offerentur super placabili altari meo,
et domum majestatis meæ glorificabo.
8 Qui sunt isti qui ut nubes volant,
et quasi columbæ ad fenestras suas?
9 Me enim insulæ exspectant,
et naves maris in principio,
ut adducam filios tuos de longe;
argentum eorum, et aurum eorum cum eis,
nomini Domini Dei tui,
et Sancto Israël, quia glorificavit te.
10 Et ædificabunt filii peregrinorum muros tuos,
et reges eorum ministrabunt tibi;
in indignatione enim mea percussi te,
et in reconciliatione mea misertus sum tui.
11 Et aperientur portæ tuæ jugiter;
die ac nocte non claudentur,
ut afferatur ad te fortitudo gentium,
et reges earum adducantur.
12 Gens enim et regnum quod non servierit tibi peribit,
et gentes solitudine vastabuntur.
13 Gloria Libani ad te veniet,
abies, et buxus, et pinus simul
ad ornandum locum sanctificationis meæ;
et locum pedum meorum glorificabo.
14 Et venient ad te curvi filii eorum qui humiliaverunt te,
et adorabunt vestigia pedum tuorum omnes qui detrahebant tibi:
et vocabunt te civitatem Domini,
Sion Sancti Israël.
15 Pro eo quod fuisti derelicta
et odio habita,
et non erat qui per te transiret:
ponam te in superbiam sæculorum,
gaudium in generationem et generationem:
16 et suges lac gentium,
et mamilla regum lactaberis;
et scies quia ego Dominus salvans te,
et redemptor tuus, Fortis Jacob.
17 Pro ære afferam aurum,
et pro ferro afferam argentum,
et pro lignis æs,
et pro lapidibus ferrum:
et ponam visitationem tuam pacem,
et præpositos tuos justitiam.
18 Non audietur ultra iniquitas in terra tua;
vastitas et contritio in terminis tuis:
et occupabit salus muros tuos,
et portas tuas laudatio.
19 Non erit tibi amplius sol ad lucendum per diem,
nec splendor lunæ illuminabit te:
sed erit tibi Dominus in lucem sempiternam,
et Deus tuus in gloriam tuam.
20 Non occidet ultra sol tuus,
et luna tua non minuetur,
quia erit tibi Dominus in lucem sempiternam,
et complebuntur dies luctus tui.
21 Populus autem tuus omnes justi;
in perpetuum hæreditabunt terram:
germen plantationis meæ,
opus manus meæ ad glorificandum.
22 Minimus erit in mille,
et parvulus in gentem fortissimam.
Ego Dominus in tempore ejus
subito faciam istud.

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