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

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The Coming of God to Reign

10 “Pass through[a] the gates!
    prepare the way for the people!
Build up! Build up the highway!
    Clear it of stumbling stones,[b]
        speak among the peoples.[c]
11 Here is the Lord!
    Proclaim[d] to the ends[e] of the earth,
say to the inhabitants[f] of Zion:
    ‘See, your salvation is coming!
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompenses are[g] before him.’
12 People will call them, ‘The Holy People,’
    ‘The Redeemed of the Lord’;
and they will call you,[h] ‘Sought After,’
    ‘The City Not Deserted.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:10 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT read Pass through! Pass through
  2. Isaiah 62:10 So 1QIsaa; cf. Isa 8:14; 1QIsab MT LXX read of stones
  3. Isaiah 62:10 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read raise a banner over the peoples
  4. Isaiah 62:11 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read See, the Lord has proclaimed
  5. Isaiah 62:11 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read end
  6. Isaiah 62:11 Lit. daughter
  7. Isaiah 62:11 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT read recompense is; 1QIsab MT LXX read work is
  8. Isaiah 62:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read you will be called