The Vindication and Salvation of Zion

1For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,

and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,

until her vindication shines out like the dawn,

and her salvation like a burning torch.

2The nations shall see your vindication,

and all the kings your glory;

and you shall be called by a new name

that the mouth of the LORD will give.

3You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD,

and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

4You shall no more be termed Forsaken,62.4 Heb Azubah

and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;62.4 Heb Shemamah

but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,62.4 Heb Hephzibah

and your land Married;62.4 Heb Beulah

for the LORD delights in you,

and your land shall be married.

5For as a young man marries a young woman,

so shall your builder62.5 Cn: Heb your sons marry you,

and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,

so shall your God rejoice over you.

6Upon your walls, O Jerusalem,

I have posted sentinels;

all day and all night

they shall never be silent.

You who remind the LORD,

take no rest,

7and give him no rest

until he establishes Jerusalem

and makes it renowned throughout the earth.

8The LORD has sworn by his right hand

and by his mighty arm:

I will not again give your grain

to be food for your enemies,

and foreigners shall not drink the wine

for which you have laboured;

9but those who garner it shall eat it

and praise the LORD,

and those who gather it shall drink it

in my holy courts.

10Go through, go through the gates,

prepare the way for the people;

build up, build up the highway,

clear it of stones,

lift up an ensign over the peoples.

11The LORD has proclaimed

to the end of the earth:

Say to daughter Zion,

‘See, your salvation comes;

his reward is with him,

and his recompense before him.’

12They shall be called, ‘The Holy People,

The Redeemed of the LORD’;

and you shall be called, ‘Sought Out,

A City Not Forsaken.’