| 1 | For Zion’s sake will I [Isaiah] not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest until her imputed righteousness
and
vindication go forth as brightness, and her salvation radiates as does a burning torch. |
| 2 | And the nations shall see your righteousness
and
vindication [your rightness and justice—not your own, but His ascribed to you], and all kings shall behold your salvation and glory; and you shall be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord shall name. |
| 3 | You shall also be [so beautiful and prosperous as to be thought of as] a crown of glory
and
honor in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem [exceedingly beautiful] in the hand of your God. |
| 4 | You [Judah] shall no more be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land be called Desolate any more. But you shall be called Hephzibah [My delight is in her], and your land be called Beulah [married]; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married [owned and protected by the Lord]. |
| 5 | For as a young man marries a virgin [O Jerusalem], so shall your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. |
| 6 | I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, who will never hold their peace day or night; you who [are His servants and by your prayers] put the Lord in remembrance [of His promises], keep not silence, |
| 7 | And give Him no rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her a praise in the earth. |
| 8 | The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: Surely I will not again give your grain as food for your enemies, and [the invading sons of] aliens shall not drink your new wine for which you have toiled; |
| 9 | But they who have gathered it shall eat it and praise the Lord, and they who have brought in the vintage shall drink it [at the feasts celebrated] in the courts of My sanctuary (the temple of My holiness). |
| 10 | Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Cast up, cast up the highway! Gather out the stones. Lift up a standard
or
ensign over
and
for the peoples. |
| 11 | Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the Daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes [in the person of the Lord]; behold, His reward is with Him, and His work
and
recompense before Him. |
| 12 | And they shall call them the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you shall be called Sought Out, a City Not Forsaken. |
Cross references:
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Isaiah 62:2 : Rev. 2:17.
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Isaiah 62:11 : Isa. 40:10.
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