Chapter 62
Isaiah
Verse 1For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet,until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,and her salvation as a burning torch.Verse 2The nations shall see your righteousness,and all the kings your glory,and you shall be called by a new namethat the mouth of the LORD will give.Verse 3You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD,and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.Verse 4You shall no more be termed Forsaken,and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,and your land Married;for the LORD delights in you,and your land shall be married.Verse 5For as a young man marries a young woman,so shall your sons marry you,and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,so shall your God rejoice over you.Verse 6On your walls, O Jerusalem,I have set watchmen;all the day and all the nightthey shall never be silent.You who put the LORD in remembrance,take no rest,Verse 7and give him no restuntil he establishes Jerusalemand makes it a praise in the earth.Verse 8The LORD has sworn by his right handand by his mighty arm:“I will not again give your grainto be food for your enemies,and foreigners shall not drink your winefor which you have labored;Verse 9but those who garner it shall eat itand praise the LORD,and those who gather it shall drink itin the courts of my sanctuary.”Verse 10Go through, go through the gates;prepare the way for the people;build up, build up the highway;clear it of stones;lift up a signal over the peoples.Verse 11Behold, the LORD has proclaimedto 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.”Verse 12And they shall be called The Holy People,The Redeemed of the LORD;and you shall be called Sought Out,A City Not Forsaken.
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