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For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,^(a) for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication^(b) shines out like the dawn,^(c) her salvation^(d) like a blazing torch.

The nations^(e) will see your vindication, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name^(f) that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.

You will be a crown^(g) of splendor in the Lord 's hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

No longer will they call you Deserted,^(h) or name your land Desolate.⁽ⁱ⁾ But you will be called Hephzibah,^[a](j) and your land Beulah^[b]; for the Lord will take delight^(k) in you, and your land will be married.^(l)

As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom^(m) rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice⁽ⁿ⁾ over you.

I have posted watchmen^(o) on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord , give yourselves no rest,^(p)

and give him no rest^(q) till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise^(r) of the earth.

The Lord has sworn^(s) by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "Never again will I give your grain^(t) as food for your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled;

but those who harvest it will eat^(u) it and praise the Lord ,^(v) and those who gather the grapes will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary."^(w)

Pass through, pass through the gates!^(x) Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway!^(y) Remove the stones. Raise a banner^(z) for the nations.

The Lord has made proclamation to the ends of the earth:^(aa) "Say to Daughter Zion,^(ab) ‘See, your Savior comes!^(ac) See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.'"^(ad)

They will be called^(ae) the Holy People,^(af) the Redeemed^(ag) of the Lord ; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.^(ah)