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Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?

וְכַיּוֹנִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you

וָאֳנִיּ֤וֹת (וָ) vo. “and”וּזְהָבָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וְלִקְד֥וֹשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.

וּמַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”וּבִרְצוֹנִ֖י (וּ) u. “and”

Your doors will be open at all times; they will not be shut day or night; so that men may come into you with the wealth of the nations, with their kings at their head.

וָלַ֖יְלָה (וָ) va. “and”וּמַלְכֵיהֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

For the nation or kingdom which will not be your servant will come to destruction; such nations will be completely waste.

וְהַמַּמְלָכָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגּוֹיִ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the sherbin-tree together, to make my holy place beautiful; and the resting-place of my feet will be full of glory.

וּתְאַשּׁ֖וּר (וּ) u. “and”וּמְק֥וֹם (וּ) u. “and”

And though you were turned away from, and hated, and had no helper, I will make you a pride for ever, a joy from generation to generation.

וּשְׂנוּאָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְאֵ֣ין (וְ) ve. “and”וָדֽוֹר׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And you will take the milk of the nations, flowing from the breast of kings; and you will see that I, the Lord, am your saviour, and he who takes up your cause, the Strong One of Jacob.

וְשֹׁ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְגֹאֲלֵ֖ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

In place of brass, I will give gold, and for iron silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: and I will make Peace your judge, and Righteousness your overseer.

וְתַ֤חַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְתַ֤חַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְתַ֥חַת (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֹגְשַׂ֖יִךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

Violent acts will no longer be seen in your land, wasting or destruction in your limits; but your walls will be named, Salvation, and your doors Praise.

וָשֶׁ֖בֶר (וָ) va. “and”וּשְׁעָרַ֖יִךְ (וּ) u. “and”

The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.

וּלְנֹ֕גַהּ (וּ) u. “and”וֵאלֹהַ֖יִךְ (וֵ) ve. “and”

Your sun will never again go down, or your moon keep back her light: for the Lord will be your eternal light, and the days of your sorrow will be ended.

וִירֵחֵ֖ךְ (וִ) vi. “and”

Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.

וְעַמֵּךְ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The smallest of their families will become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I, the Lord, will make it come quickly in its time.

וְהַצָּעִ֖יר (וְ) ve. “and”

The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

וְלַאֲסוּרִ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”

To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;

וְי֥וֹם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they will be building again the old broken walls, and will make new the old waste places, and will put up again the towns which have been waste for long generations.

וָדֽוֹר׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And men from strange countries will be your herdsmen, and those who are not Israelites will be your ploughmen and vine-keepers.

וּבְנֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וְכֹרְמֵיכֶֽם׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

But you will be named the priests of the Lord, the servants of our God: you will have the wealth of the nations for your food, and you will be clothed with their glory.

וְאַתֶּ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִכְבוֹדָ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

As they had twice as much grief, and marks of shame were their heritage, so in their land they will be rewarded twice over, and will have eternal joy.

וּכְלִמָּ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

For I, the Lord, take pleasure in upright judging; I will not put up with the violent taking away of right; and I will certainly give them their reward, and I will make an eternal agreement with them.

וּבְרִ֥ית (וּ) u. “and”

And their seed will be noted among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples: it will be clear to all who see them that they are the seed to which the Lord has given his blessing.

וְצֶאֱצָאֵיהֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

וְכַכַּלָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

For as the earth puts out buds, and as the garden gives growth to the seeds which are planted in it, so the Lord will make righteousness and praise to be flowering before all the nations.

וּכְגַנָּ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וּתְהִלָּ֔ה (וּ) u. “and”

Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

וּלְמַ֥עַן (וּ) u. “and”וִישׁוּעָתָ֖הּ (וִ) vi. “and”