Isaiah 60

Isaiah 60 is the sixtieth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. Chapters 56–66 are often referred to as Trito-Isaiah, with chapters 60–62, "three magnificent chapters", often seen as the "high-point" of Trito-Isaiah. Here, the prophet "hails the rising sun of Jerusalem’s prosperity".

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language. [Chapters and verses of the Bible|This chapter is divided into] 22 verses. Some early biblical manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, and Leningrad Codex. Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls

1QIsa^a: complete
1QIsa^b: complete
4QIsa^h : extant: verses 20–22

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Isaiah 60 is a part of the Consolations . : closed parashah.

Contents and commentary

Biblical commentator Richard Coggins contrasts the opening verses of this chapter with Isaiah's vision in chapter 6, where God's glory, which the prophet beheld in his vision, was said to cover "the whole earth". In chapter 60, the "glory of the " rises over the saved community of Israel, while the rest of the earth, and the rest of the earth's population, appear to remain in darkness. Light does come to other nations, but "only by way of Israel".

Verse 3

The gentiles, or the nations, are those of Israel's biblical past, rather than those who in more recent times had overrun and ruled over Israel. Cross-references include, Isaiah 11:10,, : See, I will beckon to the nations, and.

Verse 6

The English Standard Version refers to young camels in place of dromedaries. The gold and incense mentioned here provide "part of the literary background" to the visit of the Magi recorded in the New Testament in Matthew 2.

Verse 8

This and the following verse refer to the ships of the Mediterranean, turning the prophet's focus from the east to the west.

Uses

Music

The King [James Version] of verses 1–3 from this chapter are cited as texts in the English-language oratorio "Messiah" by George [Frideric Handel].