Isaiah 60:15-17

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁵ “People hated you.
    You were left all alone with no one passing through.
But I will make you great from now on.
    You will be happy forever and ever.
¹⁶ Nations will give you what you need,
    like a child drinking milk from its mother.
But you will ‘drink’ riches from kings.
    Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who saves you.
    You will know that I, the Great God of Jacob, protect you.

¹⁷ “You now have copper,
    but I will bring you gold.
You now have iron,
    but I will bring you silver.
I will change your wood into copper
    and your rocks into iron.
I will change your punishment into peace.
    And those who punished you will be replaced with those who are kind to you.