¹⁸ Lift up your eyes and look around;
    all your children gather^(A) and come to you.
As surely as I live,^(B)” declares the Lord,
    “you will wear^(C) them all as ornaments;
    you will put them on, like a bride.

⁴ “Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble^(A) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,^(B)
    and your daughters^(C) are carried on the hip.^(D)
5 Then you will look and be radiant,^(E)
    your heart will throb and swell with joy;^(F)
the wealth^(G) on the seas will be brought to you,
    to you the riches of the nations will come.
⁶ Herds of camels^(H) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian^(I) and Ephah.^(J)
And all from Sheba^(K) will come,
    bearing gold and incense^(L)
    and proclaiming the praise^(M) of the Lord.
⁷ All Kedar’s^(N) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings^(O) on my altar,^(P)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.^(Q)

⁸ “Who are these^(R) that fly along like clouds,^(S)
    like doves to their nests?
⁹ Surely the islands^(T) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,^[a](U)
bringing^(V) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,^(W)
to the honor^(X) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One^(Y) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.^(Z)

¹⁰ “Foreigners^(AA) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings^(AB) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor^(AC) I will show you compassion.^(AD)
11 Your gates^(AE) will always stand open,
    they will never be shut, day or night,
so that people may bring you the wealth of the nations^(AF)—
    their kings^(AG) led in triumphal procession.
¹² For the nation or kingdom that will not serve^(AH) you will perish;
    it will be utterly ruined.^(AI)

¹³ “The glory of Lebanon^(AJ) will come to you,
    the juniper, the fir and the cypress together,^(AK)
to adorn my sanctuary;^(AL)
    and I will glorify the place for my feet.^(AM)
14 The children of your oppressors^(AN) will come bowing before you;
    all who despise you will bow down^(AO) at your feet
and will call you the City^(AP) of the Lord,
    Zion^(AQ) of the Holy One^(AR) of Israel.