Isaiah 62:1-9 ▼

1 For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch.|

2 Nations will see your vindication, and all kings your splendor. You will be called by a new name that the LORD himself will give you.

3 You will be a majestic crown in the hand of the LORD, a royal turban in the hand of your God.

4 You will no longer be called, |Abandoned,| and your land will no longer be called |Desolate.| Indeed, you will be called |My Delight is in Her,| and your land |Married.| For the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him.

5 As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

6 I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don't be silent!

7 Don't allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

8 The LORD swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm: |I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce.

9 But those who harvest the grain will eat it, and will praise the LORD. Those who pick the grapes will drink the wine in the courts of my holy sanctuary.|