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[1]For Zion's sake I will not hold my tongue, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof break forth as the light, and salvation thereof as a burning lamp.
[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]It shall no more be said unto thee, Forsaken, neither shall it be said anymore to thy land, Desolate, but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall have an husband.
[5]For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as a bridegroom is glad of the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
[6]I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which all the day and all the night continually shall not cease: ye that are mindful of the Lord, keep not silence,
[7]And give him no rest, till he repair and until he set up Jerusalem the praise of the world.
[8]The Lord hath sworn by his right hand and by his strong arm, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies, and surely the sons of the strangers shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast labored.
[9]But they that have gathered it, shall eat it, and praise the Lord, and the gatherers thereof shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.
[10]Go through, go through the gates: prepare you the way for the people: cast up, cast up the way, and gather out the stones and set up a standard for the people.
[11]Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the ends of the world: tell the daughter Zion, Behold, thy Savior cometh: behold, his wages is with him, and his work is before him.
[12]And they shall call them, The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord, and thou shalt be named, A city sought out and not forsaken.
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