62:1   Jerusalem, I will speak up for your good. I will never be silent till you are safe and secure, sparkling like a flame.

62:2   Your great victory will be seen by every nation and king; the LORD will even give you a new name.

62:3   You will be a glorious crown, a royal headband, for the LORD your God.

62:4   Your name will no longer be "Deserted and Childless," but "Happily Married." You will please the LORD; your country will be his bride.

62:5   Your people will take the land, just as a young man takes a bride. The LORD will be pleased because of you, just as a husband is pleased with his bride.

62:6   Jerusalem, on your walls I have stationed guards, whose duty it is to speak out day and night, without resting. They must remind the LORD

62:7   and not let him rest till he makes Jerusalem strong and famous everywhere.

62:8   The LORD has given his word and made this promise: "Never again will I give to your enemies the grain and grapes for which you struggled.

62:9   As surely as you harvest your grain and grapes, you will eat your bread with thankful hearts, and you will drink your wine in my temple."

62:10   People of Jerusalem, open your gates! Repair the road to the city and clear it of stones; raise a banner to help the nations find their way.

62:11   Here is what the LORD has said for all the earth to hear: "Soon I will come to save the city of Zion, and to reward you.

62:12   Then you will be called, 'The LORD's Own People, The Ones He Rescued!' Your city will be known as a good place to live and a city full of people."