Isaiah 62:1–12

For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,

Until athe righteousness thereof go forth as brightness,

And the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

2  And bthe Gentiles shall see thy righteousness,

And call kings thy glory:

And thou shalt be called by da new name,

Which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

3  Thou shalt also be ea crown of glory in the hand of the Lord,

And a royal fdiadem in the hand of thy God.

4  gThou shalt no more be termed hForsaken;

Neither shall thy land any more be termed iDesolate:

But thou shalt be called ||Hephzi-bah,

And thy land ||Beulah:

For the Lord delighteth in thee,

And thy land shall be married.

5  For kas a young man marrieth a virgin,

So shall lthy sons marry thee:

And †as mthe bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride,

So nshall thy God rejoice over thee.

6  I have set owatchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,

Which shall never hold their peace day nor night:

||qYe that make mention of the Lord,

Keep not silence, 7 And give him no †rest,

Till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem ra praise in the earth.

8  The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength,

†Surely sI will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies;

And tthe sons of the stranger ttshall not drink thy uwine, for the which thou hast laboured:

9  But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and vpraise the Lord;

And they that have brought it together shall drink it vin the courts of my holiness.

10  Go through, go through the gates; wxprepare ye the way of the people;

xCast up, cast up the highway; ygather out the stones;

zLift up a standard for the people.

11  Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world,

aSay ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, bthy salvation cometh;

cBehold, his reward is with him,

cAnd his ||work before him.

12  And dthey shall call them, eThe holy people, fThe redeemed of the Lord:

And thou shalt be called, Sought out, gA city not forsaken.