Isa 62 | LSB | STEP | For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet, Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, And her salvation like a torch that is burning.

‏ 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 righteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her salvation like a torch that is burning.
2 The nations will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new name
Which the mouth of Yahweh will designate.
3 You will also be a crown of glory in the hand of Yahweh,
And a turban of royalty in the hand of your God.
4 It will no longer be said to you, “ ^{▼▼Heb Azubah}Forsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “ ^{▼▼Heb Shemamah}Desolate”;
But you will be called, “ ^{▼▼Heb Hephzibah}My delight is in her,”
And your land, “ ^{▼▼Heb Beulah}Married”;
For Yahweh takes pleasure 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 exultation of the bridegroom}bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
So your God will rejoice over you.
6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who remind Yahweh, take no rest for yourselves;
7 And give Him no rest until He establishes
And sets Jerusalem as a praise in the earth.
8 Yahweh has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,
“I will never 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 collect it will eat it and praise Yahweh;
And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.
10 Go through, go through the gates,
Clear the way ^{▼▼Lit of}for the people;
Build up, build up the highway,
Remove the stones, raise up a standard over the peoples.
11 Behold, Yahweh has ^{▼▼Or caused it to be heard}announced to the end of the earth,
Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes;
Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”
12 And they will call them, “The holy people,
The redeemed of Yahweh”;
And you will be called, “Sought out, a city not forsaken.”