Isaiah 60:10-14
Judgment gives way to merciful exaltation.
10 “Foreigners will build up your walls, and their kings will serve you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 Your gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.
12 For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
13 “The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; and all those who despised you will bow themselves down at the soles of your feet. They will call you Yahweh’s City, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
Judgment gives way to merciful exaltation.
To promise Zion’s exaltation and security through divine mercy, reversing former judgment and compelling nations to acknowledge the LORD’s favor.
Spoken into a context of humiliation and foreign domination, the promise envisions a future where nations serve rather than oppress Zion.
Zion Arises as the LORD’s Glory Draws the Nations
Because the LORD’s glory rises upon Zion, darkness gives way to light, scattered children return, nations bring tribute, former shame is reversed, peace and righteousness govern, and the LORD himself becomes everlasting light.