11 Therefore your gates ashall be open continually; They shall not be shut day or night, That men may bring to you the wealth of the Gentiles, And their kings in procession.
12aFor the nation and kingdom which will not serve you shall perish, And those nations shall be utterly ruined.
13 “Thea glory of Lebanon shall come to you, The cypress, the pine, and the box tree together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary; And I will make bthe place of My feet glorious.
14 Also the sons of those who afflicted you Shall come abowing to you, And all those who despised you shall bfall prostrate at the soles of your feet; And they shall call you The City of the Lord, cZion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 “Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, So that no one went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence, A joy of many generations.
16 You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles, aAnd milk the breast of kings; You shall know that bI, the Lord, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
17 “Instead of bronze I will bring gold, Instead of iron I will bring silver, Instead of wood, bronze, And instead of stones, iron. I will also make your officers peace, And your magistrates righteousness.
18 Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, Neither1 wasting nor destruction within your borders; But you shall call ayour walls Salvation, And your gates Praise.
God the Glory of His People
19 “The asun shall no longer be your light by day, Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light, And byour God your glory.
glory—that is, the trees which adorned Lebanon; emblem of men eminent in natural gifts, devoting all that is in them to the God of Israel (Hosea 14:5-6).
fir . . . pine . . . box—rather, "the cypress . . . ilex . . . cedar."
place of my feet—no longer the ark (Jeremiah 3:16), "the footstool" of Jehovah (Psalms 99:5; Psalms 132:7; I Chronicles 28:2); but "the place of His throne, the place of the soles of His feet, where He will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever," in the new temple (Ezekiel 43:7).
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