Isaiah 61:10-11

10 I will ^arejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will be joyful in ^bmy God;
For He has ^cclothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a groom puts on a turban,
And ^das a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
11 For as the ^eearth produces its sprouts,
And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up,
So the Lord ▼

▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

God will ^gcause ^hrighteousness and praise
To spring up before all the nations.

Isaiah 62

Zion’s Glory and New Name

1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her ⁱrighteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her ^jsalvation like a torch that is burning.
2 The ^knations will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new ^lname
Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.
3 You will also be a ^mcrown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal headband in the hand of your God.
4 It will no longer be said to you, “ ▼

▼I.e., Azubah

, ^oForsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “ ▼

▼I.e., Shemamah

Desolate”;
But you will be called, “ ▼

▼I.e., Hephzibah

My delight is in her,”
And your land, “ ▼

▼I.e., Beulah

, ^sMarried”;
For the ^tLord delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.
5 For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the ▼

▼Lit joy of the groom is over

groom rejoices over the bride,
So your ^vGod will rejoice over you.

6 On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed ^wwatchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who ^xprofess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;
7 And ^ygive Him no rest until He establishes
And makes ^zJerusalem an object of praise on the earth.
8 ^aaThe Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm:
“I will ^abnever again give your grain as food for your enemies,
Nor will ▼

▼Lit sons of foreigners

foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
9 But those who ^adharvest it will eat it and praise the Lord;
And those who gather it will drink it in the courtyards of My sanctuary.

10 Go through, ^aego through the gates,
Clear a way ▼

▼Lit of

for the people!
^agBuild up, build up the ^ahhighway,
Remove the stones, lift up a ^aiflag over the peoples.
11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the ^ajend of the earth:
^akSay to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your ^alsalvation is coming;
^amBehold His reward is with Him, and His compensation before Him.”
12 And they will call them, “ ^anThe holy people,
The ^aoredeemed of the Lord”;
And you will be called, “Sought Out, A City ^apNot Abandoned.”

Isaiah 63:1-9

God’s Vengeance on the Nations

1 Who is this who comes from ^aqEdom,
With ^argarments of ▼

▼Or crimson

glowing colors from ^atBozrah,
This One who is majestic in His apparel,
▼

▼Lit Inclining

Marching in the greatness of His strength?
“It is I, the One who speaks in righteousness, ^avmighty to save.”
2 Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like one who ^awtreads in the wine press?
3 “ ^axI have trodden the wine trough alone,
And from the peoples there was no one with Me.
I also ^aytrod them in My anger
And ^aztrampled them in My wrath;
And ^batheir ▼

▼Lit juice

lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,
And I ▼

▼Lit defiled

stained all My clothes.
4 “For the ^bdday of vengeance was in My heart,
And My year of redemption has come.
5 “I looked, but there was ^beno one to help,
And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;
So My ^bfown arm brought salvation to Me,
And My wrath upheld Me.
6 “I ^bgtrampled down the peoples in My anger
And made them ^bhdrunk with My wrath,
And I ▼

▼Lit brought down their juice to the earth

poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

God’s Ancient Mercies Recalled

7 I will make mention of the ^bjmercies of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has granted us,
And the great ^bkgoodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has granted them according to His ^blcompassion
And according to the abundance of His mercies.
8 For He said, “Certainly they are ^bmMy people,
Sons who will not deal falsely.”
So He became their ^bnSavior.
9 In all their distress ▼

▼Another reading is He was not an adversary

, ^bpHe was distressed,
And the ^bqangel of His presence saved them;
In His ^brlove and in His mercy He ^bsredeemed them,
And He ^btlifted them and carried them all the days of old.