The Lord has sworn(A) by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain(B)
    as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
    for which you have toiled;
but those who harvest it will eat(C) it
    and praise the Lord,(D)
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”(E)

10 Pass through, pass through the gates!(F)
    Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!(G)
    Remove the stones.
Raise a banner(H) for the nations.

11 The Lord has made proclamation
    to the ends of the earth:(I)
“Say to Daughter Zion,(J)
    ‘See, your Savior comes!(K)
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.’”(L)
12 They will be called(M) the Holy People,(N)
    the Redeemed(O) of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
    the City No Longer Deserted.(P)

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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.

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