DAY 11
Isaiah 60:17-22
| {17} "Instead of bronze I will bring gold, Instead of iron I will bring silver, Instead of wood, bronze, And instead of stones, iron. I will also make your officers peace, And your magistrates righteousness. | Increase the beauty of our lives. Cause our taskmasters to put down their whips and work with us. Cause our politicians to reject graft and bribes and theft to pursue honest work. |
| {18} Violence shall no longer be heard in your land, Neither wasting nor destruction within your borders; But you shall call your walls Salva-tion, And your gates Praise. | Take away the violence of the pornographers and gangs. Take away the rioters and the drugs. Let our safety come from Your gracious salvation, and our blessing from our praise of You. |
| {19} "The sun shall no longer be your light by day, Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; But the LORD will be to you an ever-lasting light, And your God your glory. | Take away the kings, princes, and other gods and be our Light and our Glory. |
| {20} Your sun shall no longer go down, Nor shall your moon withdraw itself; For the LORD will be your everlasting light, And the days of your mourning shall be ended. | Let Your Peace be perpetual. Let the days of Empire and sadness be ended. |
| {21} Also your people shall all be righteous; They shall inherit the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified. | Let our lives be righteous, the land tilled, and Your Name glorified. |
| {22} A little one shall become a thou-sand, And a small one a strong nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time." | Let the Superpowers vanish, and Patriarchies proliferate. |