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O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls;
    they will pray day and night, continually.
    Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord.
Give the Lord no rest until he completes his work,
    until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.
The Lord has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength:
    “I will never again hand you over to your enemies.
Never again will foreign warriors come
    and take away your grain and new wine.
You raised the grain, and you will eat it,
    praising the Lord.
Within the courtyards of the Temple,
    you yourselves will drink the wine you have pressed.”

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“Upon your walls, Jerusalem,
    I have posted watchmen;
all day and all night
    they won’t[a] remain silent.
You who make mention of the Lord,
    take no rest,
and give him no rest
    until he prepares, establishes[b] and makes Jerusalem
        a song of praise throughout the earth.

“The Lord has sworn by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:[c]
‘I will never again give your grain[d]
    as food for your enemies;
never[e] again will foreigners drink your new wine
    for which you have toiled;
but surely[f] those who harvest it will eat it
    and praise the name of[g] the Lord,
and those who gather it will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary,’ says your God.”[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:6 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX read never
  2. Isaiah 62:7 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read he establishes
  3. Isaiah 62:8 I.e. the Messiah
  4. Isaiah 62:8 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads I will never give your grain again
  5. Isaiah 62:8 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read and never
  6. Isaiah 62:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack but surely
  7. Isaiah 62:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack the name of
  8. Isaiah 62:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack says your God