LXII. 1 For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as a shining, and her salvation as a torch that burneth.
2 And nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall pronounce.
3 And thou shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a diadem of kingship in the open hand of thy God.
4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land be any more termed Desolation; for thou shalt be called My delight in her, and thy land Married: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
5 For (as) a young man marrieth a virgin, thy sons shall marry thee; and with the rejoicing of a bridegroom over a bride, thy God shall rejoice over thee.
6 Ι have set watchmen upon thy walls, Jerusalem; all the day and all the night continually they shall not hold their peace. Ye remembrancers of the LORD, no rest for you,
7 And give no rest to him, until he establish, and until he set Jerusalem (as) a praise in the earth.
8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn (as) food to thine enemies; and aliens shall not drink thy new wine, at which thou hast laboured
9 For they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have stored it shall drink it in my holy courts.
10 Pass through, pass through at the gates; clear ye the people's way; cast up, cast up the highway; clear it of stones; lift up a banner over the peoples.
11 Behold, the LORD hath caused it to be heard unto the end of the earth, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his hire is with him, and his recompence before him.
12 And they shall call them The holy people, the redeemed of the LORD; and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
Isaias. . ed. Richard Rusden Ottley. Germany. 2016.
Sponsored by University of Leipzig.
Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.