Isaiah 60:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶Your country will be covered
with caravans of young camels
    from Midian and Ephah.^[a]
The people of Sheba^[b]
will bring gold and spices
    in praise of me, the Lord.
⁷Every sheep of Kedar
    will come to you;
rams from Nebaioth^[c]
    will be yours as well.
I will accept them as offerings
    and bring honor to my temple.

⁸What is that sailing by
like clouds
or like doves flying home?

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Footnotes

60.6 Midian … Ephah: Midian was the ancestor of a nomadic tribe of the Arabian desert, east of the Gulf of Aqaba. Ephah was a clan within the tribe of Midian.
60.6 Sheba: Perhaps a place in what is now southwest Arabia. The Queen of Sheba brought gifts to Solomon (1 Kings 10.1-13).
60.7 Kedar … Nebaioth: Regions in northern Arabia.

Isaiah 60:6-8

New International Version

⁶Herds of camels^(A) will cover your land,
    young camels of Midian^(B) and Ephah.^(C)
And all from Sheba^(D) will come,
    bearing gold and incense^(E)
    and proclaiming the praise^(F) of the Lord.
⁷All Kedar’s^(G) flocks will be gathered to you,
    the rams of Nebaioth will serve you;
they will be accepted as offerings^(H) on my altar,^(I)
    and I will adorn my glorious temple.^(J)