<< Isaiah 62 >>
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Zion’s Glory and New Name

1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
         And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
         Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,
         And her salvation like a torch that is burning.
2 The nations will see your righteousness,
         And all kings your glory;
         And you will be called by a new name
         Which the mouth of the LORD will designate.
3 You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD,
         And a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 It will no longer be said to you, “Forsaken,”
         Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”;
         But you will be called, “My delight is in her,”
         And your land, “Married”;
         For the LORD delights in you,
         And to Him your land will be married.
5 For as a young man marries a virgin,
         So your sons will marry you;
         And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
         So your God will rejoice over you.
6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;
         All day and all night they will never keep silent.
         You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves;
7 And give Him no rest until He establishes
         And makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,
         “I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies;
         Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
9 But those who garner it will eat it and praise the LORD;
         And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.
10 Go through, go through the gates,
         Clear the way for the people;
         Build up, build up the highway,
         Remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples.
11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth,
         Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes;
         Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”
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.”

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