60:11 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. 1
60:12 Indeed, 2 nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish;
such nations will be totally destroyed. 3
60:13 The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,
its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,
to beautify my palace; 4
I will bestow honor on my throne room. 5
60:14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you;
all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet.
They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’ 6
1 tn Or “led in procession.” The participle is passive.
2 tn Or “For” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); TEV “But.”
3 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
4 tn Or “holy place, sanctuary.”
5 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.”
6 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.