1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,

Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,

And her salvation like a torch that is burning.

2 The nations will see your righteousness,

And all kings your glory;

And you will be called by a new name

Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.

3 You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,

And a royal headband in the hand of your God.

4 It will no longer be said to you, "*Forsaken,"

Nor to your land will it any longer be said, "*Desolate";

But you will be called, "*My delight is in her,"

And your land, "*Married";

For the Lord delights in you,

And to Him your land will be married.

5 For as a young man marries a virgin,

So your sons will marry you;

And as the *groom rejoices over the bride,

So your God will rejoice over you.

6 On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;

All day and all night they will never keep silent.

You who profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;

7 And give Him no rest until He establishes

And makes Jerusalem an object of praise on the earth.

8 The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm:

"I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies,

Nor will *foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored."

9 But those who harvest it will eat it and praise the Lord;

And those who gather it will drink it in the courtyards of My sanctuary.

10 Go through, go through the gates,

Clear a way *for the people!

Build up, build up the highway,

Remove the stones, lift up a flag over the peoples.

11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth:

Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold, your salvation is coming;

Behold His reward is with Him, and His compensation before Him."

12 And they will call them, "The holy people,

The redeemed of the Lord";

And you will be called, "Sought Out, A City Not Abandoned."