Isaiah 62

New American Standard Bible

Zion’s Glory and New Name

62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her ^(A)righteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her ^(B)salvation like a torch that is burning.
²The ^(C)nations will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new ^(D)name
Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.
³You will also be a ^(E)crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal headband in the hand of your God.
⁴It will no longer be said to you, “^[a]^(F)Forsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “^[b]Desolate”;
But you will be called, “^[c]My delight is in her,”
And your land, “^[d]^(G)Married”;
For the ^(H)Lord delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.
⁵For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the ^[e]groom rejoices over the bride,
So your ^(I)God will rejoice over you.

⁶On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed ^(J)watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who ^(K)profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;
⁷And ^(L)give Him no rest until He establishes
And makes ^(M)Jerusalem an object of praise on the earth.
⁸^(N)The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm:
“I will ^(O)never again give your grain as food for your enemies,
Nor will ^[f]foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
⁹But those who ^(P)harvest it will eat it and praise the Lord;
And those who gather it will drink it in the courtyards of My sanctuary.

¹⁰Go through, ^(Q)go through the gates,
Clear a way ^[g]for the people!
^(R)Build up, build up the ^(S)highway,
Remove the stones, lift up a ^(T)flag over the peoples.
¹¹Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the ^(U)end of the earth:
^(V)Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your ^(W)salvation is coming;
^(X)Behold His reward is with Him, and His compensation before Him.”
¹²And they will call them, “^(Y)The holy people,
The ^(Z)redeemed of the Lord”;
And you will be called, “Sought Out, A City ^(AA)Not Abandoned.”

Footnotes

Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Azubah
Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Shemamah
Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Hephzibah
Isaiah 62:4 I.e., Beulah
Isaiah 62:5 Lit joy of the groom is over
Isaiah 62:8 Lit sons of foreigners
Isaiah 62:10 Lit of

Mark 13:14-37

New American Standard Bible

¹⁴“Now ^(A)when you see the ^(B)abomination of desolation standing where it should not be—^[a]let the ^[b]reader understand—then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. ¹⁵^[c]^(C)Whoever is on the ^[d]housetop must not go down, nor go in to get anything out of his house. ¹⁶And ^[e]whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. ¹⁷But woe to those women who are pregnant, and to those who are nursing babies in those days! ¹⁸Moreover, pray that it will not happen in winter. ¹⁹For those days will be such a time of tribulation as has not occurred ^(D)since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will again. ²⁰And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no ^[f]life would have been saved; but for the sake of the ^[g]elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days. ²¹And then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the ^[h]Christ’; or, ‘Look, there He is’; do not believe it; ²²for false christs and ^(E)false prophets will arise, and will provide ^(F)signs and ^(G)wonders, in order to mislead, if possible, the elect. ²³But beware; I have told you everything in advance.

The Return of Christ

²⁴“But in those days, after that tribulation, ^(H)the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light, ²⁵^(I)and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. ²⁶And then they will see ^(J)the Son of Man ^(K)coming in clouds with great power and glory. ²⁷And then He will send forth the angels, and ^(L)will gather together His ^[i]elect from the four winds, ^(M)from the end of the earth to the end of heaven.

²⁸“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: as soon as its branch has become tender and sprouts its leaves, you know that summer is near. ²⁹So you too, when you see these things happening, ^[j]recognize that ^[k]He is near, right at the ^[l]door. ³⁰Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. ³¹Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. ³²^(N)But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.

³³“Watch out, ^(O)stay alert; for you do not know when the appointed time is. ³⁴^(P)It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and ^[m]putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert. ³⁵Therefore, ^(Q)stay alert—for you do not know when the ^[n]master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or ^(R)when the rooster crows, or ^(S)in the morning— ³⁶so that he does not come suddenly and find you ^(T)asleep. ³⁷What I say to you I say to all: ‘^(U)Stay alert!’”