Keraia
Major Prophets

Isaiah 62

Zion’s Salvation and New Name

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

and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still,

until her righteousness shines like a bright light,

her salvation like a blazing torch.

1For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth like the brightness, and her salvation burns bright like a torch.

2Nations will see your righteousness,

and all kings your glory.

You will be called by a new name

that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.

2And the nations will see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory; and you will be called a new name, which the mouth of YHWH will designate.

3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD,

a royal diadem in the palm of your God.

3And you will be a crown of glory in the hand of YHWH, and a turban of kingship in the hand of your God.

4No longer will you be called Forsaken,

nor your land named Desolate;

but you will be called Hephzibah,

and your land Beulah;

for the LORD will take delight in you,

and your land will be His bride.

4It is not said of you any longer “Azubah”, and of your land it will not be said anymore “Shemamah”; but you will be called “Hephzibah”, and your land “Beulah.” For YHWH delights in you, and your land will be married.

5For as a young man marries a young woman,

so your sons will marry you;

and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride,

so your God will rejoice over you.

5For as a young man marries a virgin, your sons will marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, your God will rejoice over you.

6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen;

they will never be silent day or night.

You who call on the LORD

shall take no rest for yourselves,

6Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all the day and all the night, continually, they will not be silent. You who remember YHWH, no rest is unto you;

7nor give Him any rest

until He establishes Jerusalem

and makes her the praise of the earth.

7and you will not give rest to Him, until He establishes and until He makes Jerusalem the praise of the earth.

8The LORD has sworn by His right hand

and by His mighty arm:

“Never again will I give your grain

to your enemies for food,

nor will foreigners drink the new wine

for which you have toiled.

8YHWH has sworn by His right hand, and by the arm of His strength: “Your grain I will give no more as food for your enemies, and the sons of the foreigner will not drink your new wine, which you have toiled over it!

9For those who harvest grain

will eat it and praise the LORD,

and those who gather grapes

will drink the wine in My holy courts.”

9For those who have gathered it will eat it and praise YHWH, and those harvesting will drink in My holy courts!”

10Go out, go out through the gates;

prepare the way for the people!

Build it up, build up the highway;

clear away the stones;

raise a banner for the nations!

10Pass through, Pass through the gates! Turn out the way for the people; build up, build up the highway; clear out the rocks of stone; raise a banner for the nations!

11Behold, the LORD has proclaimed

to the ends of the earth,

“Say to Daughter Zion:

See, your Savior comes!

Look, His reward is with Him,

and His recompense goes before Him.”

11Behold, YHWH has made it heard 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 recompense before His face!”

12And they will be called the Holy People,

the Redeemed of The LORD;

and you will be called Sought Out,

A City Not Forsaken.

12And they will call them “The Holy People”, “The Redeemed of YHWH”; and you will be called, “Sought Out, a City not Forsaken”.