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1. 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.
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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. 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.
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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. The LORD will hold you in his hand for all to see-- a splendid crown in the hand of 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. 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.
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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. 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.
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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. 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.
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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. Give the LORD no rest until he completes his work, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of 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 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.
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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. 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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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 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.
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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. 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.' "
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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. 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."
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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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