Zion’s Glory and New Name
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her arighteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her bsalvation like a torch that is burning.
2 The anations will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new bname
Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.
3 You will also be a acrown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 It will no longer be said to you, “aForsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”;
But you will be called, “My delight is in her,”
And your land, “bMarried”;
For the cLord 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 bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
So your aGod will rejoice over you.
6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed awatchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who bremind the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;
7 And agive Him no rest until He establishes
And makes bJerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 aThe Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,
“I will bnever again give your grain as food for your enemies;
Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
9 But those who agarner it will eat it and praise the Lord;
And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.
10 Go through, ago through the gates,
Clear the way for the people;
bBuild up, build up the chighway,
Remove the stones, lift up a dstandard over the peoples.
11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the aend of the earth,
bSay to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your csalvation comes;
dBehold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”
12 And they will call them, “aThe holy people,
The bredeemed of the Lord”;
And you will be called, “Sought out, a city cnot forsaken.”
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