Isaiah 62:6-12

Easy-to-Read Version

⁶ Jerusalem, I put guards on your walls.
    They will not be silent.
    They will keep praying day and night.

Guards, keep praying to the Lord.
    Remind him of his promise.
    Don’t ever stop praying.
⁷ Don’t give him any rest until he rebuilds Jerusalem
    and makes it a place that everyone on earth will praise.

⁸ The Lord made a promise and guaranteed it by his own power.
    And he will use that power to keep his promise.
The Lord said, “I promise that I will never again give your food to your enemies.
    I promise that they will never again take the wine you make.
⁹ Whoever gathers the food will eat it and praise the Lord.
    Whoever gathers the grape will drink the wine in the courtyards of my Temple.”

¹⁰ Come through the gates!
    Clear the way for the people!
Prepare the road!
    Move all the stones off the road!
Raise a flag as a sign for the nations!

¹¹ Listen, the Lord is speaking
    to all the faraway lands:
“Tell the people of Zion,
    ‘Look, your Savior is coming.
He is bringing your reward to you.
    He is bringing it with him.’”
¹² His people will be called “The Holy People,”
    “The Saved People of the Lord.”
And you, Jerusalem, will be called “The City God Wants,”
    “The City God Is With.”