Isaiah

62 For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, And for Jerusalem’s sake will I not rest,—Until her righteousness go forth as brightness, And her salvation as a torch that is lighted.

2 So shall nations see thy righteousness, And all kings thy glory; And thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of Yahweh will name.

3 Then shalt thou become—A crown of adorning in the hand of Yahweh, and A royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

4 Thou shalt be termed no longer—Forsaken Nor shall thy land be termed any longer A desolation, But thou shalt be called Hephzibah [“My delight is in her”], And thy land Beulah [“married”],—For Yahweh hath found delight in thee, And thy land shall be married.

5 For a young man marrieth a virgin, Thy sons marry thee! And the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride—Thy God rejoiceth over thee.

6 Upon thy walls O Jerusalem have I appointed watchmen, All the day and all the night through let them not hold their peace,—O ye that put Yahweh in mind, Do not take rest to yourselves,

7 Neither give rest unto him, Until he establish and until he set forth Jerusalem as a praise in the earth!

8 Sworn hath Yahweh—By his own right hand, and By his own strong arm,—Surely I will give thy corn no more as food to thine enemies, Nor shall the sons of the foreigner drink thy new wine, for which thou hast toiled;

9 But they who have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Yahweh,—And they who have gathered in its clusters shall drink it in my holy courts.

10 Pass ye through, pass ye through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people,—Cast ye up, cast ye up the highway, Clear it of stones, Lift ye high a standard unto the peoples.

11 Lo! Yahweh hath sent a message unto the end of the earth: Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Lo! thy Salvation is coming,—Lo! his reward is with him, And his recompense before him.

12 So shall men call them—The holy people, The redeemed of Yahweh,—And thou shalt be called—Sought out, A city not forsaken.