Isaiah 62
Zion’s Salvation and New Name
1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still,
1 until her righteousness shines like a bright light,
her salvation like a blazing torch.
2 Nations will see your righteousness,
and all kings your glory.
2 You will be called by a new name
that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
3 You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD,
a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
4 No longer will you be called Forsaken,
nor your land named Desolate;
4 but you will be called Hephzibah,
and your land Beulah;
4 for the LORD will take delight in you,
and your land will be His bride.
5 For as a young man marries a young woman,
so your sons will marry you;
5 and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,
so your God will rejoice over you.
6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen;
they will never be silent day or night.
6 You who call on the LORD
shall take no rest for yourselves,
7 nor give Him any rest
until He establishes Jerusalem
7 and makes her the praise of the earth.
8 The LORD has sworn by His right hand
and by His mighty arm:
8 “Never again will I give your grain
to your enemies for food,
8 nor will foreigners drink the new wine
for which you have toiled.
9 For those who harvest grain
will eat it and praise the LORD,
9 and those who gather grapes
will drink the wine in My holy courts.”
10 Go out, go out through the gates;
prepare the way for the people!
10 Build it up, build up the highway;
clear away the stones;
10 raise a banner for the nations!
11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed
to the ends of the earth,
11 “Say to Daughter Zion:
See, your Savior comes!
11 Look, His reward is with Him,
and His recompense goes before Him.”
12 And they will be called the Holy People,
the Redeemed of The LORD;
12 and you will be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.