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

and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet,

until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,

and her salvation as a burning torch.

2  The ⁿnations shall see your righteousness,

and all the kings your glory,

and you shall be called by a new name

that the mouth of the Lord will give.

3  You shall be a ^ocrown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,

and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

4  You shall no more be termed ^pForsaken,¹

and your land shall no more be termed ^qDesolate,²

but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,³

and your land Married;⁴

for the Lord delights in you,

and your land shall be married.

5  For as a young man marries a young woman,

so shall your sons marry you,

and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,

so shall your God ^rrejoice over you.

6  On your walls, O Jerusalem,

I have set ^swatchmen;

all the day and all the night

they shall never be silent.

You who put the Lord in remembrance,

take no rest,

7  and give him no rest

until he establishes Jerusalem

and ^tmakes it a praise in the earth.

8  The Lord has sworn by his right hand

and by his mighty arm:

“I will not again give your grain

^uto be food for your enemies,

and foreigners shall not drink your wine

for which you have labored;

9  but those who garner it shall eat it

and praise the Lord,

and those who gather it shall drink it

^vin the courts of my sanctuary.”⁵

10  Go through, go through the gates;

^wprepare the way for the people;

build up, build up the ^xhighway;

clear it of stones;

^ylift up a signal over the peoples.

11  Behold, the Lord has proclaimed

to the end of the earth:

^zSay to the daughter of Zion,

“Behold, your salvation ^acomes;

behold, ^bhis reward is with him,

and his recompense before him.”

12  And they shall be called The Holy People,

The ^cRedeemed of the Lord;

and you shall be called Sought Out,

A City Not Forsaken.