International Standard Version
Isaiah 62
1 “And a I won’t remain silent, b and for Jerusalem’s sake I won’t stay quiet, until her vindication shines out like brightness, and her salvation like a burning torch.
2 The nations will see your vindication, and all the kings your glory; and people will call you c 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, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 And d you’ll no longer be called ‘Deserted,’ and your land will no longer be called ‘Desolate’; but people will call you e ‘Hephzibah,’ f and your land ‘Beulah’ g — for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married.”
5 “For just as h a young man marries a maiden, so your sons will marry you; and just as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
6 “Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; all day and all night they won’t i remain silent. You who make mention of the LORD, take no rest,
7 and give him no rest until he prepares, establishes j and makes Jerusalem a song of praise throughout the earth.
8 “The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: k ‘I will never again give your grain l as food for your enemies; never m again will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have toiled;
9 but surely n those who harvest it will eat it and praise the name of o the LORD, and those who gather it will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary,’ says your God.” p
10 “Pass through q the gates! prepare the way for the people! Build up! Build up the highway! Clear it of stumbling stones, r speak among the peoples. s
11 Here is the LORD! Proclaim t to the ends u of the earth, say to the inhabitants v of Zion: ‘See, your salvation is coming! See, his reward is with him, and his recompenses are w before him.’
12 People will call them, ‘The Holy People,’ ‘The Redeemed of the LORD’; and they will call you, x ‘Sought After,’ ‘The City Not Deserted.’”