Zion's Coming Salvation
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1For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet, 2until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.
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3The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, 4and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will give.
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You shall be 5a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
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6You shall no more be termed 7Forsaken,a and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,b 8but you shall be called 9My Delight Is in Her,c and your land Married;d for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married.
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For as a young man marries a young woman, so 10shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so 11shall your God rejoice over you.
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On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set 12watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the LORD in remembrance, take no rest,
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and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it 13a praise in the earth.
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The LORD has sworn 14by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "I will not again give 15your grain to be food for your enemies, 16and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored;
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but 17those who garner it shall eat it and praise the LORD, and 18those who gather it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary."e
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Go through, go through the gates; 19prepare the way for the people; 20build up, build up the highway; clear it of stones; 21lift up a signal over the peoples.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)