_The Gradual Extension of the Glory of Jerusalem._
1. For Zion's sake I shall not be silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I
shall not rest, till her righteousness breaks forth like morning
brightness, and her salvation like a blazing torch. 2. And nations
will see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory; and men will
call thee by a new name which the mouth of the Lord will determine.
3. And thou wilt be an adorning coronet in the hand of Jehovah, and a
royal diadem in the lap[1] of thy God. 4. Men will no more call thee
"Forsaken One;" and thy land they will not more call "Desert;" but
men will name thee "My delight in her," and thy home "Married one:"
for Jehovah hath delight in thee, and thy land is married. 5. For the
young man marrieth the maiden, thy children will marry thee; and as
the bridegroom rejoiceth in the bride, thy God will rejoice in thee.
6. Upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I stationed watchmen; all the
day and all the night continually they are not silent. O ye who
remember Jehovah,[2] leave yourselves not rest! 7. And give Him no
rest, till He raise up, and till He set Jerusalem for a praise in the
earth.
8. Jehovah hath sworn by His right hand, and by His powerful arm,
Surely I no more give thy corn for food to thine enemies; and
foreigners will not drink thy must, for which thou hast laboured
hard. 9. No, they that gather it in shall eat it, and praise Jehovah;
and they that store it, shall drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.
10. Go forth, go forth through the gates, clear the way of the
people. Cast up, Cast up the road, clean it of stones; lift up a
banner above the nations![3] 11. Behold, Jehovah hath caused tidings
to sound to the end of the earth. Say to the daughter of Zion,
Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, His reward is with Him, and His
recompence before Him. 12. And men will call them the holy people,
the redeemed of Jehovah; and men will call thee, Striven after, A
city that will not be forsaken.[4]