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1. FOR ZION'S sake will I Isaiah not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest until her imputed righteousness and vindication go forth as brightness, and her salvation radiates as does a burning torch.
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1. For Zion's sake H4616 H6726 will I not H3808 hold my peace H2814 , and for Jerusalem's sake H4616 I will not H3808 rest H8252 , until H5704 the righteousness H6664 thereof go forth H3318 as brightness H5051 , and the salvation H3444 thereof as a lamp H3940 that burneth H1197 .
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2. And the nations shall see your righteousness and vindication your rightness and justice--not your own, but His ascribed to you, and all kings shall behold your salvation and glory; and you shall be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord shall name. Rev. 2:17.
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2. And the Gentiles H1471 shall see H7200 thy righteousness H6664 , and all H3605 kings H4428 thy glory H3519 : and thou shalt be called H7121 by a new H2319 name H8034 , which H834 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 shall name H5344 .
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3. You shall also be so beautiful and prosperous as to be thought of as a crown of glory and honor in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem exceedingly beautiful in the hand of your God.
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3. Thou shalt also be H1961 a crown H5850 of glory H8597 in the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 , and a royal H4410 diadem H6797 in the hand H3709 of thy God H430 .
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4. You Judah shall no more be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land be called Desolate any more. But you shall be called Hephzibah My delight is in her, and your land be called Beulah married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married owned and protected by the Lord.
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4. Thou shalt no H3808 more H5750 be termed H559 Forsaken H5800 ; neither H3808 shall thy land H776 any more H5750 be termed H559 Desolate H8077 : but H3588 thou shalt be called H7121 Hephzibah H2657 , and thy land H776 Beulah H1166 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 delighteth H2654 in thee , and thy land H776 shall be married H1166 .
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5. For as a young man marries a virgin O Jerusalem, so shall your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
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5. For H3588 as a young man H970 marrieth H1166 a virgin H1330 , so shall thy sons H1121 marry H1166 thee : and as the bridegroom H2860 rejoiceth H4885 over H5921 the bride H3618 , so shall thy God H430 rejoice H7797 over H5921 thee.
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6. I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, who will never hold their peace day or night; you who are His servants and by your prayers put the Lord in remembrance of His promises, keep not silence,
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6. I have set H6485 watchmen H8104 upon H5921 thy walls H2346 , O Jerusalem H3389 , which shall never H3808 H8548 hold their peace H2814 day H3117 nor night H3915 : ye that make mention H2142 of H853 the LORD H3068 , keep not silence H408 H1824 ,
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7. And give Him no rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her a praise in the earth.
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7. And give H5414 him no H408 rest H1824 , till H5704 he establish H3559 , and till H5704 he make H7760 H853 Jerusalem H3389 a praise H8416 in the earth H776 .
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8. The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: Surely I will not again give your grain as food for your enemies, and the invading sons of aliens shall not drink your new wine for which you have toiled;
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8. The LORD H3068 hath sworn H7650 by his right hand H3225 , and by the arm H2220 of his strength H5797 , Surely I will no H518 more H5750 give H5414 H853 thy corn H1715 to be meat H3978 for thine enemies H341 ; and the sons H1121 of the stranger H5236 shall not H518 drink H8354 thy wine H8492 , for the which H834 thou hast labored H3021 :
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9. But they who have gathered it shall eat it and praise the Lord, and they who have brought in the vintage shall drink it at the feasts celebrated in the courts of My sanctuary (the temple of My holiness).
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9. But H3588 they that have gathered H622 it shall eat H398 it , and praise H1984 H853 the LORD H3068 ; and they that have brought it together H6908 shall drink H8354 it in the courts H2691 of my holiness H6944 .
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10. Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Cast up, cast up the highway! Gather out the stones. Lift up a standard or ensign over and for the peoples.
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10. Go through H5674 , go through H5674 the gates H8179 ; prepare H6437 ye the way H1870 of the people H5971 ; cast up H5549 , cast up H5549 the highway H4546 ; gather out H5619 the stones H4480 H68 ; lift up H7311 a standard H5251 for H5921 the people H5971 .
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11. Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the Daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes in the person of the Lord; behold, His reward is with Him, and His work and recompense before Him. Isa. 40:10.
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11. Behold H2009 , the LORD H3068 hath proclaimed H8085 unto H413 the end H7097 of the world H776 , Say H559 ye to the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 , Behold H2009 , thy salvation H3468 cometh H935 ; behold H2009 , his reward H7939 is with H854 him , and his work H6468 before H6440 him.
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12. And they shall call them the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you shall be called Sought Out, a City Not Forsaken.
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12. And they shall call H7121 them , The holy H6944 people H5971 , The redeemed H1350 of the LORD H3068 : and thou shalt be called H7121 , Sought out H1875 , A city H5892 not H3808 forsaken H5800 .
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