Isaiah 60

Which worship songs are based on Isaiah 60?

  1. Awaken — 11th Hour (2021) Isaiah 60:1

    The command to awaken in response to the Lord’s glory rising over the hearer closely follows Isaiah’s summons to arise and shine because divine glory has dawned.

  2. O Church Arise - Live — Keith & Kristyn Getty (2013) Isaiah 60:1

    The chorus directly reproduces Isaiah's summons to rise and shine because light has arrived, applying it to the church in light of Christ's resurrection.

  3. Every Captive Free — Matt Gilman (2013) Isaiah 60:1-2

    The pre-chorus closely adapts Isaiah’s summons for Zion to rise into the light as God’s glory appears upon her.

  4. A City On a Hill — The City Harmonic (2013) Isaiah 60:1

    The repeated summons to rise and shine, paired with the Lord’s glory, closely adapts Isaiah’s call for Zion to become radiant because God’s light and glory have come upon her.

  5. Nova — Hillsong UNITED (2011) Isaiah 60:1-3

    The chorus combines rising, shining, divine glory, and the nations encountering that radiance. This distinctive cluster closely adapts Isaiah's vision of God's glory rising over Zion and drawing nations to its light.

  6. Heartbeat — Beckah Shae (2014) Isaiah 60:1

    The paired summons to rise and shine closely adapts Isaiah's opening command to Zion. The song applies that summons to a wounded community being called into renewed life and action.

  7. Kadosh (Holy One) — Beckah Shae (2010) Isaiah 60:1

    The opening invitation to shine because light has arrived closely reproduces Isaiah's summons to Zion. The song applies that prophetic announcement to Christ's coming.

  8. Hungry for You — Nathaniel Bassey (2021) Isaiah 60:1-2

    The closing resolve to rise and shine God’s light amid a darkened world directly echoes Isaiah’s summons to shine while darkness covers the earth.

  9. O Church Arise — Keith & Kristyn Getty & Shane & Shane (2020) Isaiah 60:1

    The chorus directly adopts Isaiah's summons for God's people to rise and shine because their light has arrived, applying the prophetic language to the church and the risen Christ.

  10. Salvation’s Tide — Passion (2020) Isaiah 60:1-3

    The commissioning of God’s people to arise and shine amid retreating darkness closely follows Isaiah’s summons to Zion, whose God-given light becomes visible to the nations.

  11. Arise — William McDowell (2011) Isaiah 60:1

    The opening closely reproduces Isaiah’s summons to rise because light has arrived and the Lord’s glory rests upon his people.

  12. Shekinah Glory — Nathaniel Bassey (2024) Isaiah 60:1-2

    The declaration that the Lord's glory has risen upon God's people directly echoes Isaiah's summons to arise and shine because divine glory has dawned.

  13. Arise Intro — William McDowell (2011) Isaiah 60:1

    The opening closely reproduces Isaiah’s summons to rise because divine light has arrived and the Lord’s glory rests upon His people. The song applies this prophetic address to the church’s awakening and mission.

  14. My Deliverer — Chris Tomlin (2008) Isaiah 60:18

    The song directly adopts Isaiah’s distinctive naming of the restored city’s walls as salvation and its gates as praise, applying that imagery to God’s protection.

  15. Everlasting Light — John Pape (2023) Isaiah 60:19-21

    The song closely reproduces Isaiah’s promise that God will replace the sun and moon as his people’s perpetual light, end their mourning, and grant the land to a righteous people.

  16. The Awesome God You Are — Matt Redman (2015) Isaiah 60:19-20

    The second verse identifies God as enduring illumination and as the source of glory, closely adapting Isaiah’s description of the Lord replacing ordinary daylight with permanent divine light.

  17. God Of The Redeemed - — Bethel Music & Jeremy Riddle (2011) Isaiah 60:19-20

    The chorus identifies God as the permanent source of illumination, directly echoing Isaiah’s distinctive description of the Lord replacing the sun and moon as Zion’s enduring light.

  18. Everlasting Light - Live — Mosaic MSC (2020) Isaiah 60:19-20

    The song's central designation of God as an unfading, permanent source of light closely follows Isaiah's promise that the Lord will replace temporary darkness and bring mourning to an end.

Isaiah 60 (King James Version)

1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.

6 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.

7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

9 Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.

10 And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.

11 Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.

12 For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

17 For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.