henceforth even for ever.
(Isaiah)
Chapter 60
The New Testament Church Assembly, Treasures and Goods.
(Epistle on the day of Epiphany.)

Arise, get thee up; for thy light cometh, and the glory of the LORD riseth upon thee.

For, behold, darkness covereth the earth, and darkness the nations: but upon thee the LORD
riseth up, and his glory shineth upon thee.

And the heathen shall walk in thy light, and kings in the brightness that riseth upon thee.

Lift up thine eyes, and look round about. These all gathered come unto thee! Thy sons shall come afar off, and thy daughters shall be brought up to the side.

Then shalt thou see thy desire, and shalt break forth; and thine heart shall be sore, and thou shalt be enlarged, when the multitude of the sea shall turn unto thee, and the power of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

For the multitude of camels shall cover thee, the runners from Midian and Ephah. They shall all come out of Sheba, bringing gold and incense, and shall declare the praises of the LORD].

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered unto thee, and the goats of Nebajoth shall serve thee.
They shall be offered upon mine acceptable altar: for I will adorn the house of my glory.

Who are they that fly as the clouds, and as the doves to their windows?

The isles wait for me, and the ships of the sea before me, to bring thy children from far, with their silver and their gold, the name of the LORD thy God, and the Holy One in Israel, which hath glorified thee.

Strangers shall build thy walls, and their kings shall serve thee. For in mine anger have I smitten thee, and in my mercy have I had mercy upon thee.

And thy gates shall be open continually, and they shall not be shut day nor night; and the power of the heathen shall be brought unto thee, and their kings shall be brought.

For whatsoever nations or kingdoms will not serve thee, they shall perish; and the heathen shall be laid waste.

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, fir trees, and beech trees, and box trees together, to adorn the place of my sanctuary: for I will make the place of my feet glorious.

They also that oppressed thee shall come bowing down unto thee: and all they that blasphemed thee shall fall down at thy feet, and shall call thee a city of the LORD, a Zion of the Holy One in Israel.

For because thou hast been the forsaken and hated, when no man went, I will make thee an everlasting glory, and a joy to all generations,

And thou shalt suck milk of the heathen, and the breasts of kings shall suckle thee; that thou mayest know that I the LORD am thy Saviour, and I the mighty one in Jacob am thy Redeemer.

I will bring gold for brass, and silver for iron, and brass for wood, and iron for stones: and I will make thy rulers to teach peace, and thy keepers to preach righteousness.

No more shall iniquity be heard in thy land, nor hurt nor destruction within thy borders: but thy walls shall be called salvation, and thy gates praise.

The sun shall no more shine in the day unto thee, neither shall the brightness of the moon give thee light; but the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

Thy sun shall no more go down, neither thy moon put out her light: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy sorrow shall be ended.

And thy people shall be righteous for ever, and shall inherit the earth for ever, as the branch of my planting, and the work of my hands, to praise.

From the least shall be a thousand, and from the least a mighty nation. I the LORD will hasten these things in his time.
(Isaiah)
Chapter 61
Christ’s Magisterium. The joy of the church.

The Spirit of the LORD the LORD is upon me; therefore the LORD hath anointed me. He hath sent me to preach to the afflicted, to bind up the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and an opening to them that are bound,

To preach a gracious year of the Lord, and a day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all that mourn,

To make ready for the mourners of Zion, to give them ornaments for ashes, and the oil of gladness for mourning, and fair raiment for a sorrowful spirit; to call them trees of righteousness, plants of the LORD, to praise.

They shall build up the old desolations, and raise up the things that were destroyed before: they shall renew the cities that were laid desolate, which were in ruins for ever.

Foreigners shall stand and feed your flock, and foreigners shall be your husbandmen and your husbandmen.

But ye shall be called priests of the LORD, and shall be called the servants of our God: and ye shall eat the goods of the Gentiles, and boast of their glory.

For your reproach shall come in twain, and for shame shall they rejoice in their fields. For they shall possess double things in their land; they shall have everlasting joy.

For I am the LORD, which love righteousness, and hate a spoiled burnt offering: and I will make their work sure, and will make an everlasting covenant with them.

And their seed shall be known among the heathen, and their seed among the nations: that whosoever shall see them shall know them, that they are a seed blessed of the LORD, 10. I rejoice in the LORD, and my soul is glad in my God: for he hath clothed me with garments of salvation, and with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom adorned with priestly ornaments, and as a bride girdeth herself in her apparel.

For as the herb groweth up out of the earth, and as the seed cometh up in the garden, so shall righteousness and praise spring up out of the Lord GOD in the sight of all nations.
(Isaiah)
Chapter 62
Glory of the New Testament Church.

For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace; and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not tarry, till her righteousness arise as a brightness, and her salvation as a torch, 2. That the heathen may see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall call.

And thou shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal hat in the hand of thy God.

Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken, nor thy land a desolation; but thou shalt be called My delight in her, and thy land a dear paramour: for the LORD hath delight in thee, and thy land hath a dear paramour.

For as a good man loveth a good man, so shall thy children love thee: and as a bridegroom rejoiceth over his bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

O Jerusalem, I will set watchmen upon thy walls, which shall never hold their peace all the day nor all the night, and which shall remember the LORD; that there be no silence among you,

And ye shall not hold your peace from him, till Jerusalem be finished, and be set for a praise upon the earth.

The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his might: I will no more give thy corn to thine enemies to eat, nor thy wine, whereon thou hast laboured, to the strangers to drink,

But they that gather it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that bring it in shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.

Go ye, pass through the gates, prepare the way for the people; make straight the way, make straight the way, clear the stones; cast a banner over the nations.

Behold, the LORD is heard unto the end of the world. Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense is before him.

They shall call them the holy people, the redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called the city visited and not forsaken.
(Isaiah)
Chapter 63
Christ’s struggle and victory.

Who is he that cometh from Edom, clothed in the red of Bazrah, adorned with his garments, and treading in his great strength? I am he that teacheth righteousness, and am a master to help.

Why then is thy robe the colour of red, and thy raiment like the winepress?

I tread the winepress alone, and there is none among the nations with me. I have pressed them in mine anger, And trodden them in my fury. Therefore their wealth is sprinkled upon my garments, and I have defiled all my raiment.

For I have determined a day of vengeance: the year to redeem mine own is come.

For I looked round about, and there was no helper, and I was in terror, and no man contained me; but my arm had to help me, and my wrath contained me.

Therefore have I trodden down the nations in mine anger, and made them drunken in my wrath, and cast down their substance to the ground.
The 64th chapter
Praise of divine miracles. Prayer for salvation.

I will remember the goodness of the LORD, and the praise of the LORD in all that the LORD
hath done unto us, and the great goodness of the house of Israel, which he hath done unto them in his mercy and great kindness.

For he said, They are my people, children that are not false. Therefore was he their saviour.

He that afflicted them afflicted him also: and the angel that is before him helped them. He delivered them,