The Salvation of Zion

¹For the sake of Zion I will not keep silent,[#Isa 62:6–7]

and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not rest

until her righteousness goes forth as brightness

and her salvation as a lamp that burns.

²The nations shall see your righteousness,

and all kings your glory.

And you shall be called by a new name,

which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

³You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord

and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

⁴You shall no more be termed Forsaken,

nor shall your land be termed Desolate;

but you shall be called My Delight Is In Her,

and your land Married;

for the Lord delights in you,

and your land shall be married.

⁵For as a young man marries a virgin,

so your sons shall marry you;

and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,

so your God shall rejoice over you.

⁶I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem,[#Isa 52:8]

who shall never hold their peace day or night.

You who remind the Lord ,

do not keep silent;

⁷give Him no rest until He establishes

and makes Jerusalem a glory in the earth.

⁸The Lord has sworn by His right hand

and by His strong arm:

Surely I will no longer give your grain

as food for your enemies;

and the sons of the foreigners shall not drink your wine

for which you have labored.

⁹But those who have gathered it shall eat it

and praise the Lord ;

and those who have brought it shall 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.

Remove the stones;

lift up a standard over the peoples.

¹¹Behold, the Lord has proclaimed

to the ends 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 shall call them The Holy People,

the Redeemed of the Lord ;

and you shall be called Sought Out,

a City Not Forsaken.