¹For Zion ’s sake I will not hold my peace ,

and for Jerusalem ’s sake I will not rest ,

until her righteousness shines out like the dawn ,

and her salvation like a burning lamp .

²The nations will see your righteousness ,

and all kings your glory .

You will be called by a new name ,

which the LORD ’s mouth will name .

³You will also be a crown of beauty in the LORD ’s hand ,

and a royal diadem in your God ’s hand .

⁴You will not be called Forsaken any more ,

nor will your land be called Desolate any more ;

but you will be called Hephzibah ,

and your land Beulah ;

for the LORD delights in you ,

and your land will be married .

⁵For as a young man marries a virgin ,

so your sons will marry you .

As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride ,

so your God will rejoice over you .

⁶I have set watchmen on your walls , Jerusalem .

They will never be silent day nor night .

You who call on the LORD , take no rest ,

⁷and give him no rest until he establishes ,

and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

⁸The LORD has sworn by his right hand ,

and by the arm of his strength ,

“Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies,

and foreigners will not drink your new wine , for which you have laboured ,

⁹but those who have harvested it will eat it , and praise the LORD .

Those who have gathered it will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary .”

¹⁰Go through , go through the gates !

Prepare the way of the people !

Build up , build up the highway !

Gather out the stones !

Lift up a banner for the peoples .

¹¹Behold , the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth:

“Say to the daughter of Zion ,

‘Behold , your salvation comes !

Behold , his reward is with him ,

and his recompense before him !’”

¹²They will call them “The Holy People ,

The LORD ’s Redeemed ”.

You will be called “Sought Out ,

A City Not Forsaken ”.