Isaiah 62:1-12
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Zion’s new name (1-12)
62 For the sake of Zion I will not keep silent,+And for the sake of Jerusalem I will not keep stillUntil her righteousness shines like a bright light+And her salvation burns like a torch.+
2 “The nations will see your righteousness, O woman,+And all kings your glory.+
And you will be called by a new name,+Which Jehovah’s own mouth will designate.
3 You will become a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah,A royal turban in the palm of your God.
4 No more will you be called an abandoned woman,+And your land will no longer be called desolate.+
But you will be called My Delight Is in Her,+And your land will be called the Married One.
For Jehovah will take delight in you,And your land will be as one married.
5 For just as a young man marries a virgin,Your sons will marry you.
With the rejoicing of a bridegroom over a bride,Your God will rejoice over you.+
6 Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have commissioned watchmen.
Continuously, all day long and all night long, they should not be silent.
You who make mention of Jehovah,Do not rest,
7 And do not give him any rest until he firmly establishes Jerusalem,Yes, until he makes her the praise of the earth.”+
8 Jehovah has sworn an oath with his right hand, with his strong arm:
“I will no longer give your grain as food to your enemies,Nor will foreigners drink your new wine, for which you have toiled.+
9 But those gathering it will eat it and they will praise Jehovah;And those collecting it will drink it in my holy courtyards.”+
10 Pass through, pass through the gates.
Clear the way for the people.+
Build up, build up the highway.
Rid it of stones.+
Raise up a signal* for the peoples.+
11 Look! Jehovah has proclaimed to the ends of the earth:
“Say to the daughter of Zion,‘Look! Your salvation is coming.+
Look! His reward is with him,And the wage he pays is before him.’”+
12 They will be called the holy people, those repurchased by Jehovah,+And you will be called Sought After, a City Not Abandoned.+
Footnotes
^ Or “signal pole.”
