Isaiah 62

Isaiah Chapter 62
Isaiah's Prayer for Jerusalem

Because I love Zion, I will not keep still; because my heart yearns
For Jerusalem, I cannot remain silent
I will not stop praying for her
Until her righteousness shines like the dawn
And her salvation blazes like a burning torch

The nations will see your righteousness. World
Leaders will be blinded by your glory. And you
Will be given a new name by the Lord's own mouth

The Lord will hold you in his hand for all to see, a splendid
Crown in the hand of God. Never again will you be called "
The Forsaken City" or "The Desolate Land." Your new name will
Be "The City of God's Delight" and "The Bride of God,"
For the Lord delights in you and will claim you as his bride

Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem
Just as a young man commits himself to his bride. Then God
Will rejoice over you, as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride

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."

Go out through the gates! Prepare the highway for my
People to return! Smooth out the road! Pull out the
Boulders! Raise a flag for all the nations to see!
The Lord has sent this message to every land: Tell
The people of Israel, "Look, your Savior is coming!
See, he brings his reward with him as he comes!"
They will be called the Holy People and the People
Redeemed by the Lord. And Jerusalem will be known as
The Desirable Place and the City No Longer Forsaken