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over. 6, 7 For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet,
p[Prov. 4:18] until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
and her salvation as a burning torch.
2 qch. 60:3; Ps. 98:2 The nations shall see your righteousness,
and all the kings your glory,
rch. 60:14; [Rev. 2:17; 3:12] and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.
3 You shall besZech. 9:16; [ch. 54:11, 12] a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 tHos. 1:10; 1 Pet. 2:10; See ch. 54:6 You shall no more be termeduch. 49:14; 54:1, 7; 60:15 Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,
r[See ver. 2 above] but you shall be calledvMal. 3:12 My Delight Is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marries a young woman,
sow[ch. 51:18] shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
soxch. 65:19 shall your God rejoice over you.
6 On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have setych. 52:8; 56:10 watchmen;
all the day and all the night
they shall never be silent.
You who put the Lord in remembrance,
take no rest,
7 and give him no rest
until he establishes Jerusalem
and makes itzch. 60:18; [ch. 61:11; Zeph. 3:20] a praise in the earth.
8 The Lord has sworna[Heb. 6:13] by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
“I will not again givebDeut. 28:33; Jer. 5:17 your grain
to be food for your enemies,
c[ch. 65:21, 22] and foreigners shall not drink your wine
for which you have labored;
9 butd[Deut. 12:12; 14:23, 26] those who garner it shall eat it
and praise the Lord,
andd[Deut. 12:12; 14:23, 26] those who gather it shall drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary. ”1Or in my holy courts
10 Go through, go through the gates;
ech. 40:3 prepare the way for the people;
fch. 57:14 build up, build up the highway;
clear it of stones;
gch. 11:10; 49:22 lift up a signal over the peoples.
11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed
to the end of the earth:
hZech. 9:9; [Matt. 21:5; John 12:15] Say to the daughter of Zion,
ich. 40:10 “Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him. ”
12 jch. 61:6 And they shall be called The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord;
kver. 4; [ch. 61:4] and you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.