CHAPTER 62
For Zion’s
sake
I will not
keep silent,
and for Jerusalem’s
sake
I will not
keep still,
until
her righteousness
shines
like a bright light,
her salvation
like a blazing
torch.
Nations
will see
your righteousness,
and all
kings
your glory.
You will be called
by
a new
name
that
the mouth
of the LORD
will bestow.
No
longer
will you be called
Forsaken,
nor your land
named
Desolate;
but
you will be called
Hephzibah,
and your land
Beulah;
for
the LORD
will take delight
in you,
and your land
will be His bride.
For
as a young man
marries
a young woman,
so your sons
will marry you;
and as a groom
rejoices
over
his bride,
so your God
will rejoice
over you.
On
your walls,
O Jerusalem,
I have posted
watchmen;
they will never
be silent
day
or night.
You who call
on the LORD
shall take no
rest
for yourselves,
The LORD
has sworn
by His right hand
and by His mighty
arm:
“Never
again
will I give
your grain
to your enemies
for food,
nor will
foreigners
drink
the new wine
for which
you have toiled.
For
those who harvest grain
will eat it
and praise
the LORD,
and those who gather grapes
will drink the wine
in My holy
courts.”
Go out,
go out
through the gates;
prepare
the way
for the people!
Build it up,
build up
the highway;
clear away
the stones!
Raise
a banner
for
the nations to see.
Behold,
the LORD
has proclaimed
to
the ends
of the earth,
“Say
to Daughter
Zion:
See,
your Savior
comes!
Look,
His reward
is with Him,
and His recompense
goes before Him.”
And they will be called
the Holy
People,
the Redeemed
of The LORD;
and you will be called
Sought Out,
A City
Not
Forsaken.