Isaiah 62

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

and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,

until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness,

and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness,

and all kings thy glory:

and thou shalt be called by a new name,

which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD,

and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken;

neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate:

but thou shalt be called Hephzibah,

and thy land Beulah:

for the LORD delighteth in thee,

and thy land shall be married.

5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin,

so shall thy sons marry thee:

and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride,

so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,

which shall never hold their peace day nor night:

ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

7 And give him no rest, till he establish,

and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand,

and by the arm of his strength,

Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies;

and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine,

for the which thou hast laboured:

9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it,

and praise the LORD;

and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

10 Go through, go through the gates;

prepare ye the way of the people;

cast up, cast up the highway;

gather out the stones;

lift up a standard for the people.

11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world,

Say ye to the daughter of Zion,

Behold, thy salvation cometh;

behold, his reward is with him,

and his work before him.

12 And they shall call them,

The holy people,

The redeemed of the LORD:

and thou shalt be called,

Sought out,

A city not forsaken.

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