Isaiah 62

Zion’s New Identity

62For the sake of Zion I will not be silent,

and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not maintain a quiet attitude,

until her righteousness goes out like the bright light,

and her salvation burns like a torch.

²And the nations shall see your righteousness,

and all the kings your glory,

and you will be called^a a new name

that the mouth of Yahweh will designate.

³And you shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh,

and a headband of royalty in the hand of your God.

⁴It shall no longer be said of you, “Forsaken,”

and it shall no longer be said of your land, “Desolation!”

but you will^b be called “My Delight Is In Her,”

and your land, “Married,”

for Yahweh delights in you,

and your land shall be married.

⁵For as a young man marries a virgin,

so shall your sons marry you,

and as is the joy of the bridegroom over the bride,

so shall your God rejoice over you.

⁶I have appointed watchmen upon your walls, Jerusalem;

all day and all night they shall never be silent.

You who profess Yahweh have no rest.

⁷And you must not give him rest until he establishes,

and until he makes^c Jerusalem an object of praise^d in the earth.

⁸Yahweh has sworn by his right hand,

and by his mighty arm,^e

“Surely I will never again give your grain as food to your enemies,^f

and surely foreigners^g shall not drink your new wine at which you have labored.”

⁹But those who gather it shall eat it, and they shall praise Yahweh,

and those who gather it shall drink it in my holy courts.^h

¹⁰Pass through, pass through the gates!

Make the way clear forⁱ the people!

Pile up, pile up the highway; clear it of stones!^j

Lift up an ensign over the peoples!

¹¹Look! Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth:

Say to daughter Zion, “Look, your salvation is coming!

Look, his reward is with him,

and his reward before him.

¹²And they shall call them “The Holy People,^k The Redeemed Of Yahweh,”

and you^l shall be called “Sought After, A City Not Forsaken.”