Isaiah 62 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Isaiah’s Prayer for Jerusalem

Isa 62:1Because 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.

Isa 62:2

Isa 62:2The 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.

Isa 62:3

Isa 62:3The LORD will hold you in his hand for all to see—
a splendid crown in the hand of God.

Isa 62:4

Isa 62:4Never again will you be called “The Forsaken City”[fn]
or “The Desolate Land.”[fn]
Your new name will be “The City of God’s Delight”[fn]
and “The Bride of God,”[fn]
for the LORD delights in you
and will claim you as his bride.

Isa 62:5

Isa 62:5Your 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.

Isa 62:6

Isa 62:6O 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.

Isa 62:7

Isa 62:7Give the LORD no rest until he completes his work,
until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

Isa 62:8

Isa 62:8The 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.

Isa 62:9

Isa 62:9You 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.”

Isa 62:10

Isa 62:10Go 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.

Isa 62:11

Isa 62:11The LORD has sent this message to every land:
“Tell the people of Israel,[fn]
‘Look, your Savior is coming.
See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.’”

Isa 62:12

Isa 62:12They 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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NLT Footnotes

(62:4)

Hebrew Azubah, which means “forsaken.”

(62:4)

Hebrew Shemamah, which means “desolate.”

(62:4)

Hebrew Hephzibah, which means “my delight is in her.”

(62:4)

Hebrew Beulah, which means “married.”

(62:11)

Hebrew Tell the daughter of Zion.

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