The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 62 The Glory of Jerusalem Ever Increasing

 The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 62

The Glory of Jerusalem Ever Increasing

1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her righteousness shines forth like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.

2 The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.

3 You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord’s hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

4 No longer will they call you Forsaken, or call your land Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord delights in you, and your land will be married. 

5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.

6 O Jerusalem! I have set watchmen on your walls; they shall never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, do not be silent,

7 nor be silent till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her a praise in the earth.

8 The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “Surely I will no longer give your grain as food for your enemies, nor will strangers drink the new wine for which you have toiled.

9 But those who gather it shall eat it and praise the Lord; those who harvest it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.

10 Go through, go through the gates; Prepare the way for the people: level, level the road, clear it of stones: raise a banner for the peoples.

11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the ends of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.”

12 And they shall be called The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord; and you shall be called The Sought After, The City Not Forsaken.