62
1 For
Zion’s sake I
will not hold my
peace,
and for
Jerusalem’s sake I
will not rest,
until her
righteousness shines out
like the dawn,
and her salvation
like a burning
lamp.
2 The
nations will see
your righteousness,
and all kings
your glory.
You will be
called by a
new name,
which the LORD’s
mouth will name.
3 You
will also be
a crown of
beauty in the
LORD’s hand,
and a royal
diadem in your
God’s hand.
4 You
will not be
called Forsaken
any more,
nor will your land
be called Desolate
any more;
but you will
be called
Hephzibah,
and your land
Beulah;
for the LORD
delights in you,
and your land
will be married.
5 For
as a young
man marries a
virgin,
so your sons
will marry you.
As a bridegroom
rejoices over his
bride,
so your God will
rejoice over you.
6 I
have set watchmen
on your walls,
Jerusalem.
They will never
be silent day
nor night.
You who call
on the LORD,
take no rest,
7 and
give him no
rest until he
establishes,
and until he
makes Jerusalem a
praise in
the earth.
8 The
LORD has sworn
by his right
hand,
and by the
arm of his
strength,
“Surely I will
no more give
your grain to
be food for
your enemies,
and foreigners
will not drink
your new wine,
for which you
have labored,
9 but
those who
have harvested it
will eat it, and
praise the LORD.
Those who have
gathered it will
drink it in
the courts of
my sanctuary.”
10 Go
through, go
through the gates!
Prepare the way
of the people!
Build up, build
up the highway!
Gather out the
stones!
Lift up a
banner for the
peoples.
11 Behold,
the LORD has
proclaimed to the
end of the earth:
“Say to the
daughter of Zion,
‘Behold, your
salvation comes!
Behold, his
reward is with
him,
and his
recompense before
him!’ ”
12 They
will call them “The
Holy People,
The LORD’s
Redeemed”.
You will be
called “Sought Out,
A City Not
Forsaken”.