62Isaiah 62

1I will speak out to encourage Jerusalem; I will not be silent until she is saved, And her victory shines like a torch in the night.Select Isaiah 62:1

2Jerusalem, the nations will see you victorious! All their kings will see your glory. You will be called by a new name, A name given by the Lord himself.Select Isaiah 62:2

3You will be like a beautiful crown for the Lord.Select Isaiah 62:3

4No longer will you be called “Forsaken,” Or your land be called “The Deserted Wife.” Your new name will be “God Is Pleased with Her.” Your land will be called “Happily Married,” Because the Lord is pleased with you And will be like a husband to your land.Select Isaiah 62:4

5Like a young man taking a virgin as his bride, He who formed you will marry you. As a groom is delighted with his bride, So your God will delight in you.Select Isaiah 62:5

6On your walls, Jerusalem, I have placed sentries; They must never be silent day or night. They must remind the Lord of his promises And never let him forget them.Select Isaiah 62:6

7They must give him no rest until he restores Jerusalem And makes it a city the whole world praises.Select Isaiah 62:7

8The Lord has made a solemn promise, And by his power he will carry it out: “Your grain will no longer be food for your enemies, And foreigners will no longer drink your wine.Select Isaiah 62:8

9But you that planted and harvested the grain Will eat the bread and praise the Lord. You that tended and gathered the grapes Will drink the wine in the courts of my Temple.”Select Isaiah 62:9

10People of Jerusalem, go out of the city And build a road for your returning people! Prepare a highway; clear it of stones! Put up a signal so that the nations can knowSelect Isaiah 62:10

11That the Lord is announcing to all the earth: “Tell the people of Jerusalem That the Lord is coming to save you, Bringing with him the people he has rescued.”Select Isaiah 62:11

12You will be called “God's Holy People,” “The People the Lord Has Saved.” Jerusalem will be called “The City That God Loves,” “The City That God Did Not Forsake.”Select Isaiah 62:12