Zion's Coming Salvation

62 (A)For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
    and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet,
(B)until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
    and her salvation as a burning torch.
(C)The nations shall see your righteousness,
    and all the kings your glory,
(D)and you shall be called by a new name
    that the mouth of the Lord will give.
You shall be (E)a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
    and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
(F)You shall no more be termed (G)Forsaken,[a]
    and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,[b]
(H)but you shall be called (I)My Delight Is in Her,[c]
    and your land Married;[d]
for the Lord delights in you,
    and your land shall be married.
For as a young man marries a young woman,
    so (J)shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
    so (K)shall your God rejoice over you.

On your walls, O Jerusalem,
    I have set (L)watchmen;
all the day and all the night
    they shall never be silent.
You who put the Lord in remembrance,
    take no rest,
and give him no rest
    until he establishes Jerusalem
    and makes it (M)a praise in the earth.
The Lord has sworn (N)by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“I will not again give (O)your grain
    to be food for your enemies,
(P)and foreigners shall not drink your wine
    for which you have labored;
but (Q)those who garner it shall eat it
    and praise the Lord,
and (R)those who gather it shall drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”[e]

10 Go through, go through the gates;
    (S)prepare the way for the people;
(T)build up, build up the highway;
    clear it of stones;
    (U)lift up a signal over the peoples.
11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed
    to the end of the earth:
(V)Say to the daughter of Zion,
    (W)“Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense before him.”
12 (X)And they shall be called The Holy People,
    The Redeemed of the Lord;
(Y)and you shall be called Sought Out,
    A City Not Forsaken.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Azubah
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Shemamah
  3. Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Hephzibah
  4. Isaiah 62:4 Hebrew Beulah
  5. Isaiah 62:9 Or in my holy courts

62 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,

And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

11 Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

La nueva Jerusalén

62 Isaías dijo:

«Por amor a ustedes,
habitantes de Jerusalén,
no me callaré.
Por amor a ustedes,
no descansaré
hasta que Dios les dé la victoria.
Cuando Dios los salve,
ustedes brillarán
como el sol al amanecer.

»Israelitas, las naciones verán
cuando Dios los salve,
y todos los reyes de la tierra
reconocerán su grandeza.
Entonces Dios les dará
un nombre nuevo,
y serán en la mano de Dios
como la hermosa corona de un rey.

»Ya no le dirán a Jerusalén:
“Ciudad abandonada”,
sino: “La favorita de Dios”,
ni a la tierra de Israel:
“País en ruinas”,
sino: “La esposa de Dios”.
Porque Dios se casará con ella,
como se casa un joven con su novia;
Dios la reconstruirá y vivirá feliz con ella,
como vive feliz el marido con su esposa.

»Jerusalén, en tus murallas
yo he puesto guardias
que día y noche dirán:

“Ustedes, los que adoran a Dios,
no se queden callados.
No le den a Dios
ni un minuto de descanso,
hasta que reconstruya Jerusalén
y la haga una ciudad famosa”.

»Dios ha jurado por sí mismo:

“Nunca más permitiré
que los enemigos de Israel
se coman su trigo,
o que los extranjeros les quiten el vino
que con tanto trabajo hicieron.
Israel comerá lo que coseche,
recogerá las uvas y beberá el vino nuevo,
cantando alabanzas a mi nombre
en los patios de mi santo templo”».

10 Isaías continuó diciendo:

«¡Habitantes de Jerusalén,
salgan por los portones de la ciudad,
preparen un camino para el pueblo!
Háganlo con cuidado,
quítenle las piedras
y pongan señales
que sirvan de guía a las naciones.

11 »Dios ha dado este mensaje
a todos los habitantes de la tierra:

“Digan a la ciudad de Jerusalén
que ha llegado su salvador;
díganle que Dios ha liberado a su pueblo.
12 Los israelitas serán llamados:
‘Pueblo santo, salvado por su Dios’,
y a Jerusalén la llamarán:
‘Ciudad deseada’,
‘Ciudad llena de vida’.”»