62:1 For Zion's sake I will not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness goes out as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch. |
62:2 And the Gentiles will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; and you will be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. |
62:3 You also will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. |
62:4 You will no more be called Forsaken; nor will your land any more be called Desolate; but you will be called My Delight is in Her, and your land, Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married, |
62:5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so will your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so will your God rejoice over you. |
62:6 I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, every day and every night. They shall never be silent day or night; you who remember the LORD, do not be silent. |
62:7 And give Him no rest until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. |
62:8 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 the sons of strangers will not drink your wine for which you have labored. |
62:9 But those who have gathered it shall eat it and praise the LORD; and they who collected it shall drink it in My holy courts." |
62:10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare the way of the people. Raise up! Raise up the highway; clear away the stones; lift up a banner for the people. |
62:11 Behold, the LORD has sent a message to the end of the earth, "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your salvation comes. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him.' ” |
62:12 And they will call them, The Holy People, The Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called, Sought Out, a city not forsaken. |