Isaiah 62

Evangelical Heritage Version

For the sake of Zion I will not be silent.
For the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet,
until her righteousness goes forth shining brightly,
and her salvation burns like a torch.

² Nations will see your righteousness,
and all kings will see your glory.
You will be called by a new name
    that the mouth of the Lord will assign to you.
³ Then you will be a beautiful crown in the Lord’s hand,
and a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
⁴ You will never again be called Abandoned,^[a]
and your land will never again be called Desolation,^[b]
for you will be called My Delight Is in Her,^[c]
and your land will be called Married,^[d]
because the Lord delights in you,
and your land will be married.
⁵ For just as a young man marries a virgin,
your sons will marry^[e] you,
and just as a bridegroom rejoices over a bride,
your God will rejoice over you.
⁶ Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I appointed watchmen.
All day and all night they will never be silent.
You who keep reminding the Lord, do not rest!
⁷ Do not give him rest
until he establishes Jerusalem,
and he causes her to be praised on the earth.

⁸ The Lord swore by his right hand
and by his strong arm:
    I will certainly never again give up your grain as food
        for your enemies,
    and foreigners will not drink the sweet new wine you worked for.
⁹     For those who pick fruit will eat it, and they will praise the Lord,
    and those who harvest grapes will drink in my holy courtyards.

¹⁰ Go through, go through the gates.
Prepare a way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway.
Clear it of stones.
Raise a banner for the peoples.

¹¹ Listen, the Lord is making a proclamation to the end of the earth.
Tell the daughter of Zion:
“Look, your salvation is coming.
Look, his reward is with him,
and his compensation is out in front of him.”^[f]

¹² Then they will be called holy people,
the redeemed of the Lord.
Then you will be called Sought After,
A City Not Abandoned.