Assurance of Zion’s Salvation
1 For Zion’s sake I will not hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.
2 Is. 60:3The Gentiles shall see your righteousness,
And all Ps. 102:15, 16; 138:4, 5; 148:11, 13kings your glory.
Is. 62:4, 12; 65:15You shall be called by a new name,
Which the mouth of the Lord will name.
3 You shall also be Is. 28:5; Zech. 9:16; 1 Thess. 2:19a crown of glory
In the hand of the Lord,
And a royal diadem
In the hand of your God.
4 Hos. 1:10; 1 Pet. 2:10You shall no longer be termed Is. 49:14; 54:6, 7Forsaken,
Nor shall your land any more be termed Is. 54:1Desolate;
But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah;
For the Lord delights in you,
And your land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marries a virgin,
So shall your sons marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
Is. 65:19So shall your God rejoice over you.
6 Is. 52:8; Jer. 6:17; Ezek. 3:17; 33:7I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They shall never hold their peace day or night.
You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,
7 And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem Is. 60:18; 61:11; Jer. 33:9; Zeph. 3:19, 20a praise in the earth.
8 The Lord has sworn by His right hand
And by the arm of His strength:
"Surely I will no longer Lev. 26:16; Deut. 28:31, 33; Judg. 6:3–6; Is. 1:7; Jer. 5:17give your grain
As food for your enemies;
And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine,
For which you have labored.
9 But those who have gathered it shall eat it,
And praise the Lord;
Those who have brought it together shall drink it Deut. 12:12; 14:23, 26in My holy courts."
10 Go through,
Go through the gates!
Is. 40:3; 57:14Prepare the way for the people;
Build up,
Build up the highway!
Take out the stones,
Is. 11:12Lift up a banner for the peoples!
11 Indeed the Lord has proclaimed
To the end of the world:
Zech. 9:9; Matt. 21:5; John 12:15"Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Surely your salvation is coming;
Behold, His Is. 40:10; (Rev. 22:12)reward is with Him,
And His work before Him.’ "
12 And they shall call them The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord;
And you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.