| Isa. 62:1 |
For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, / And for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, / Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, / And her salvation like a burning torch. |
| Isa. 62:2 |
And the nations will see your righteousness, / And all the kings, your glory; / And you will be called by a new name, / Which the mouth of Jehovah will designate. |
| Isa. 62:3 |
You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, / And a royal turban in the palm of your God. |
| Isa. 62:4 |
And it will no longer be said to you, Forsaken! / Nor to your land will it be said any longer, Desolate! / But you will be called, My delight is in her, / And your land, Married; / For Jehovah delights in you, / And your land will be married. |
| Isa. 62:5 |
For [as] a young man marries a virgin, / Your sons will marry you; / And with the joy of the bridegroom over the bride / Your God will rejoice over you. |
| Isa. 62:6 |
Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, / I have appointed watchmen; / All day and all night / They will never keep silent. / You who remind Jehovah, / Do not be dumb; |
| Isa. 62:7 |
And do not give Him quiet / Until He establishes / And until He makes Jerusalem / A praise in the earth. |
| Isa. 62:8 |
Jehovah has sworn by His right hand / And by His strong arm: / Surely I will never again give your grain / As food for your enemies, / And surely the children of the foreigner will not drink your new wine / For which you have labored; |
| Isa. 62:9 |
But they who have gathered it will eat it, / And they will praise Jehovah, / And they who have collected it will drink it / In the courts of My holiness. |
| Isa. 62:10 |
Go through, go through the gates; / Prepare the way for the people; / Cast up, cast up the highway; / Free [it] of stones; / Raise up a standard for the peoples. |
| Isa. 62:11 |
See, Jehovah has announced / To the end of the earth: / Say to the daughter of Zion, / Your salvation is now coming; / Now His reward is with Him / And His recompense before Him. |
| Isa. 62:12 |
And they will call them, The holy people, / The redeemed of Jehovah; / And you will be called, Sought after! / A city not forsaken! |