Translation: ESV
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.
In the messianic age, the glory of the LORD appears over Zion.
▸Isaiah 60-62 is the most beautiful passage describing the glory of the messianic age.
Isaiah 60-62 is the most beautiful passage describing the glory of the messianic age. 'Arise, shine'—Zion becomes the source of light. 'The glory of the LORD has risen upon you'—God's glory appears over Zion.
For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the LORD will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.
The darker the world, the more brightly God's people's light shines.
▸The contrast: the world is covered in darkness, but the glory of the LORD shines over Zion.
And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
God's light draws all the kings of the earth.
▸The kings of the nations stream toward the light of Zion.
The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.
In the new creation, God himself is the source of all light.
▸'The sun shall be no more your light—the LORD will be your everlasting light'—the need for physical light disappears.
Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall be ended.
At the completion of God's kingdom, mourning is completely ended.
▸'Your days of mourning shall be ended'—an age when all pain and grief is finished.