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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/61.htm" title="Isaiah 61">◄</a> Isaiah 62 <a href="../isaiah/63.htm" title="Isaiah 63">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29062" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29062" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">A New Name for Zion</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29062001" class="ver">1</span><a id="rfn29062001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29062001-1">*</a> For Zion’s sake I will not be silent,</p> <p class="sl1">for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still,</p> <p class="sl">Until her vindication shines forth like the dawn</p> <p class="sl1">and her salvation like a burning torch.<a id="ren29062001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29062001-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29062002" class="ver">2</span>Nations shall behold your vindication,</p> <p class="sl1">and all kings your glory;</p> <p class="sl">You shall be called by a new name</p> <p class="sl1">bestowed by the mouth of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.<a id="ren29062002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29062002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29062003" class="ver">3</span>You shall be a glorious crown in the hand of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">a royal diadem in the hand of your God.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29062004" class="ver">4</span>No more shall you be called “Forsaken,”</p> <p class="sl1">nor your land called “Desolate,”</p> <p class="sl">But you shall be called “My Delight is in her,”</p> <p class="sl1">and your land “Espoused.”</p> <p class="sl">For the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> delights in you,</p> <p class="sl1">and your land shall be espoused.<a id="ren29062004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29062004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29062005" class="ver">5</span>For as a young man marries a virgin,</p> <p class="sl1">your Builder shall marry you;</p> <p class="sl">And as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride</p> <p class="sl1">so shall your God rejoice in you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29062006" class="ver">6</span>Upon your walls, Jerusalem,</p> <p class="sl1">I have stationed sentinels;</p> <p class="sl">By day and by night,</p> <p class="sl1">they shall never be silent.</p> <p class="sl">You who are to remind the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">take no rest,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29062007" class="ver">7</span>And give him no rest,</p> <p class="sl1">until he re-establishes Jerusalem</p> <p class="sl">And makes it the praise of the earth.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">The Blessings of Salvation for God’s People</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29062008" class="ver">8</span><a id="rfn29062008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29062008-1">*</a> The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has sworn by his right hand</p> <p class="sl1">and by his mighty arm:</p> <p class="sl">No more will I give your grain</p> <p class="sl1">as food to your enemies;</p> <p class="sl">Nor shall foreigners drink the wine,</p> <p class="sl1">for which you toiled.<a id="ren29062008-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29062008-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29062009" class="ver">9</span>But those who harvest shall eat,</p> <p class="sl1">and praise the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl">Those who gather shall drink</p> <p class="sl1">in my holy courts.<a id="ren29062009-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29062009-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29062010" class="ver">10</span><a id="rfn29062010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29062010-1">*</a> Pass through, pass through the gates,</p> <p class="sl1">prepare a way for the people;<a id="ren29062010-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29062010-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl">Build up, build up the highway, clear it of stones,</p> <p class="sl1">raise up a standard over the nations.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29062011" class="ver">11</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has proclaimed</p> <p class="sl1">to the ends of the earth:</p> <p class="sl">Say to daughter Zion,</p> <p class="sl1">“See, your savior comes!</p> <p class="sl">See, his reward is with him,</p> <p class="sl1">his recompense before him.”<a id="ren29062011-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29062011-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29062012" class="ver">12</span>They shall be called “The Holy People,”</p> <p class="sl1">“The Redeemed of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.”</p> <p class="sl">And you shall be called “Cared For,”</p> <p class="sl1">“A City Not Forsaken.”<a id="ren29062012-h" class="enref" 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