Isaiah 62

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62 Because I love Zion,
    I will not be quiet.
I cannot stay quiet,
    because Jerusalem is in trouble.
I will continue to speak until she is safe again.
I want her righteousness to shine
    like the sun at dawn.
I want her salvation to be a bright light in the dark.
² Jerusalem, the nations will see your righteousness.
    All their kings will see how great you are.
People will call you by a new name,
    which the Lord himself will give to you.
³ The Lord your God will hold you in his hand,
    and you will bring him honour.
You will be like his beautiful crown!
⁴ They will no longer call you by the name ‘Alone’.
    They will not call your land ‘Empty place’.
Instead, they will call you ‘The one that makes God happy’.
    The name of your land will be ‘Married’.
Yes, the Lord will be very happy with you.
    Your land will be his bride.
⁵ As a young man marries a pure young woman,
    so your sons will marry you, Jerusalem.^[a]
Your God will be very happy that you belong to him,
    as a bridegroom is happy with his new wife.
⁶ I have put guards on your walls, Jerusalem.
They should never be quiet,
    during the day and during the night.
You people who cause the Lord to remember his promises,
    never stop and rest!
⁷ Do not give the Lord a chance to rest,
    until he has made Jerusalem strong again.
Continue to pray until he makes it a famous city
    that the whole world will praise.
⁸ The Lord makes a strong promise,
    and he has the power to make it happen.
He says:
‘I will never again take away your grain,
    and give it to your enemies for food.
Foreign soldiers will not drink your wine
    that you have worked very hard to make.
⁹ Instead, the people who pick the grain at harvest time
    are the people who will eat it.
And they will praise the Lord for it.
The people who pick the grapes
    will drink the wine.
They will drink it in the yards of my temple.’