Isaiah 62- 1
- 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.
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- 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.
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- You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD's hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
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- No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, [1] and your land Beulah [2] ; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married.
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- As a young man marries a maiden, so will your sons [3] marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
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- 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,
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- and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
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- The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "Never again will I give your grain as food for your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled;
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- 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."
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- Pass through, 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.
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- 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.'"
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- They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.
- [4] Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
- [4] Beulah means married.
- [5] Or Builder