Isa 62 | LEB | STEP | For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not maintain a quiet attitude, until her righteousness goes out like the bright light, and her salvation burns like a torch.

Isaiah 62

Zion’s New Identity

1 For the sake of Zion I will not be silent,
and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not maintain a quiet attitude,
until her righteousness goes out like the bright light,
and her salvation burns like a torch.
2 And the nations shall see your righteousness,
and all the kings your glory,
and ⌞you will be called⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “it shall be called to you”} a new name
that the mouth of Yahweh will designate.
3 And you shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh,
and a headband of royalty in the hand of your God.
4 It shall no longer be said of you, “Forsaken,”
and it shall no longer be said of your land, “Desolation!”
but ⌞you will⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “to you it shall”} be called “My Delight Is In Her,”
and your land, “Married,”
for Yahweh delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marries a virgin,
so shall your sons marry you,
and as is the joy of the bridegroom over the bride,
so shall your God rejoice over you.
6 I have appointed watchmen upon your walls, Jerusalem;
all day and all night they shall never be silent.
You who profess Yahweh have no rest.
7 And you must not give him rest until he establishes,
and until he ⌞makes⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “places”} Jerusalem ⌞an object of praise⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “a praise”} in the earth.
8 Yahweh has sworn by his right hand,
and by ⌞his mighty arm⌟, ^{▼▼Literally “the arm of his might”}
“Surely I will never again give your grain as food to ⌞your enemies⌟, ^{▼▼Literally “those who are hostile to you”}
and surely ⌞foreigners⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “sons of a foreign country”} shall not drink your new wine at which you have labored.”
9 But those who gather it shall eat it, and they shall praise Yahweh,
and those who gather it shall drink it in ⌞my holy courts⌟. ^{▼▼Literally “the courts of my holiness”}
10 Pass through, pass through the gates!
Make the way clear ⌞for⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “of”} the people!
Pile up, pile up the highway; clear it of stones! ^{▼▼Hebrew “stone”}
Lift up an ensign over the peoples!

11 Look! Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth:

Say to daughter Zion, “Look, your salvation is coming!
Look, his reward is with him,
and his reward before him.
12 And they shall call them “The ⌞Holy People⌟, ^{▼▼Literally “People of the Holiness”} The Redeemed Of Yahweh,”
and ⌞you⌟ ^{▼▼Literally “to you it”} shall be called “Sought After, A City Is Not Forsaken.”