Arise. Compare Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 51:17, "awake"; Isaiah 52:2, "awake"; Isaiah 60:1, "arise"; and contrast the cry to Babylon (Isaiah 47:1), "come down, sit in the dust". See App-82. This refers to the future.
shine. Compare 2 Samuel 23:4.
thy light: i.e. Israel's glory.
the glory of the LORD. Hebrew. kabod. See Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 4:5; Isaiah 6:3; Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 58:8. and Isaiah 60:2 here. Compare Psalms 106:20; Jeremiah 2:11.Haggai 2:3; Haggai 2:7; Haggai 2:9.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.