Isaiah 62

Assurance of Zion’s Salvation

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

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,

Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,

And her salvation as a lamp that burns.

²The Gentiles shall see your righteousness,[#Is. 60:3]

And all kings your glory.

You shall be called by a new name,

Which the mouth of the Lord will name.

³You shall also be a crown of glory[#Is. 28:5; Zech. 9:16; 1 Thess. 2:19]

In the hand of the Lord ,

And a royal diadem

In the hand of your God.

⁴You shall no longer be termed Forsaken,[#Hos. 1:10; 1 Pet. 2:10; #Is. 49:14; 54:6, 7]

Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate;

But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah;

For the Lord delights in you,

And your land shall be married.

⁵For as a young man marries a virgin,

So shall your sons marry you;

And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,

So shall your God rejoice over you.

⁶I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;[#Is. 52:8; Jer. 6:17; Ezek. 3:17; 33:7]

They shall never hold their peace day or night.

You who make mention of the Lord , do not keep silent,

⁷And give Him no rest till He establishes

And till 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 longer give your grain

As food for your enemies;

And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine,

For which you have labored.

⁹But those who have gathered it shall eat it,

And praise the Lord ;

Those who have brought it together shall drink it in My holy courts.”

¹⁰Go through,

Go through the gates!

Prepare the way for the people;

Build up,

Build up the highway!

Take out the stones,

Lift up a banner for the peoples!

¹¹Indeed the Lord has proclaimed

To the end of the world:

“Say to the daughter of Zion,

‘Surely your salvation is coming;

Behold, His reward is with Him,

And His work before Him.’ ”

¹²And they shall call them The Holy People,

The Redeemed of the Lord ;

And you shall be called Sought Out,

A City Not Forsaken.