MSB Audio · Isaiah 62
Majority Standard Bible
1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
2 Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
3 You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
4 No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
5 For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
7 nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
8 The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
9 For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”
10 Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”
12 And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
KJV
1 ¶ For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth.
2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
4 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
5 For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons marry thee: and [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee.
6 ¶ I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn [to be] meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
10 ¶ Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward [is] with him, and his work before him.
12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)
Glory of the New Testament Church.
1 For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace; and for Jerusalem's sake I will not tarry, till her righteousness arise as a brightness, and her salvation as a torch,
2 That the heathen may see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall call.
3 And thou shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal hat in the hand of thy God.
4 Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken, nor thy land a desolation; but thou shalt be called My delight in her, and thy land a dear paramour: for the LORD hath delight in thee, and thy land hath a dear paramour.
5 For as a good man loveth a good man, so shall thy children love thee: and as a bridegroom rejoiceth over his bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
6 O Jerusalem, I will set watchmen upon thy walls, which shall never hold their peace all the day nor all the night, and which shall remember the LORD; that there be no silence among you,
7 And ye shall not hold your peace from him, till Jerusalem be finished, and be set for a praise upon the earth.
8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his might: I will no more give thy corn to thine enemies to eat, nor thy wine, whereon thou hast laboured, to the strangers to drink,
9 But they that gather it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that bring it in shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.
10 Go ye, pass through the gates, prepare the way for the people; make straight the way, make straight the way, clear the stones; cast a banner over the nations.
11 Behold, the LORD is heard unto the end of the world. Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense is before him.
12 They shall call them the holy people, the redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called the city visited and not forsaken.
1545 Luther's English Bible (LED)
Machine-translated from Luther's final 1545 German Bible
The LED is an English rendering of Martin Luther's final 1545 German Bible. According to BackToLuther, it was produced by using the DeepL Translator on Luther's German text, then processed, polished, formatted, and hyperlinked for reading, while preserving chapter headings and other notations from orthodox German Lutheran Bibles.
Source attribution: BackToLuther, “Luther's 1545 Bible - in English by… DeepL Translator (The LED Bible)”.
For print editions, see “1545 Luther's English Bible (LED): now in print”.
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