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Isaiah 62 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Isa 62:1

Isa 62:1Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

Isa 62:2

Isa 62:2And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you will have a new name, given by the mouth of the Lord.

Isa 62:3

Isa 62:3And you will be a fair crown in the hand of the Lord, and a king's head-dress in the hand of your God.

Isa 62:4

Isa 62:4You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.

Isa 62:5

Isa 62:5For as a young man takes a virgin for his wife, so will your maker be married to you: and as a husband has joy in his bride, so will the Lord your God be glad over you.

Isa 62:6

Isa 62:6I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,

Isa 62:7

Isa 62:7And give him no rest, till he puts Jerusalem in her place to be praised in the earth.

Isa 62:8

Isa 62:8The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:

Isa 62:9

Isa 62:9But those who have got in the grain will have it for their food, and will give praise to the Lord; and those who have got in the grapes will take the wine of them in the open places of my holy house.

Isa 62:10

Isa 62:10Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.

Isa 62:11

Isa 62:11The Lord has sent out word to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your saviour comes; those whom he has made free are with him, and those to whom he has given salvation go before him.

Isa 62:12

Isa 62:12And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.
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