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11 Your gates will always stand open
    by day or night, and[a] they will not be shut,
so that nations will bring you their wealth,
    with their kings led in procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom
    that will not serve you will perish;
        those nations will be utterly ruined.

13 “He has given you[b] the glory of Lebanon,
    and it will come[c] to you,
        the cypress, and[d] the plane tree,[e] and the pine,
to adorn the place of my sanctuary;
    and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 60:11 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack and
  2. Isaiah 60:13 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack He has given you
  3. Isaiah 60:13 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read Lebanon will come
  4. Isaiah 60:13 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT lack and
  5. Isaiah 60:13 i.e. a species of trees that could readily be stripped of their bark; cf. Gen 30:37

11 Your gates(A) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations(B)
    their kings(C) led in triumphal procession.
12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve(D) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.(E)

13 “The glory of Lebanon(F) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,(G)
to adorn my sanctuary;(H)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.(I)

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