ISAIAH 62 (NIV)
- For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.
- The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
- You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord's hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
- No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married.
- As a young man marries a maiden, so will your sons marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
- I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest
- and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
- The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "Never again will I give you grain as food for your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled;
- but those who harvest it will eat it and praise the Lord, and those who gather the grapes will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary."
- Pass thorugh, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.
- The Lord has made proclamation to the ends of the earth: "Say to the Daughter of Zion, 'See, your Savior comes! See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.'"
- They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.
