1 For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not stay still, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn and her salvation like a blazing torch.
2 The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name, which the LORD's own mouth will pronounce.
3 You will be a splendid crown in the LORD's hand, a royal turban in the palm of your God.
4 No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land be called Desolate; instead you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah, for the LORD takes delight in you, and your land will be wedded.
5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom is glad over his bride, so your God will be glad over you.
6 On your walls, Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; all day and all night they will never fall silent. You who keep the LORD reminded, give yourselves no rest,
7 and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his powerful arm: "Never again will I give your grain as food to your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine you toiled for;
9 those who harvest the grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather the grapes will drink the wine in my holy courts."
10 Pass through, pass through the gates; clear the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway, rid it of stones; raise a signal over the peoples!
11 See, the LORD has made it heard to the end of the earth: "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'See, your salvation is coming; see, his reward is with him, and his recompense goes ahead of him.'"
12 They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City Not Forsaken.