¹ For Zion’s sake, will I not hold my peace, And for Jerusalem’s sake, will I not rest,—Until her righteousness, go forth as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that is lighted.

² So shall nations see thy righteousness, And all kings, thy glory; And thou shalt be called by a new name, which, the mouth of Yahweh, will name.

³ Then shalt thou become—A crown of adorning, in the hand of Yahweh, and A royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

⁴ Thou shalt he termed no longer—Forsaken Nor shall thy land be termed any longer A desolation, But, thou, shalt be called Hephzibah [="My delight is in her"], And, thy land, Beulah [="married"],—For Yahweh hath found delight in thee, And thy land, shall be married.

⁵ For a young man marrieth, a virgin, Thy sons marry thee! And the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride—Thy God, rejoiceth over thee.

⁶ Upon thy walls O Jerusalem, have I appointed watchmen, All the day and all the night through, let them not hold their peace,—O ye that put Yahweh in mind, Do not take rest to yourselves,

⁷ Neither give rest, unto him, Until he establish and until he set forth Jerusalem as a praise in the earth!

⁸ Sworn hath Yahweh—By his own right hand, and By his own strong arm,—Surely I will give thy corn no more, as food to thine enemies, Nor shall the sons of the foreigner drink thy new wine, for which thou hast toiled;

⁹ But they who have garnered it, shall eat it, and praise Yahweh,—And they who have gathered in its clusters, shall drink it in my holy courts.

¹⁰ Pass ye through pass ye through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people,—Cast ye up, cast ye up the highway, Clear it of stones, Lift ye high a standard unto the peoples.

¹¹ Lo! Yahweh, hath sent a message unto the end of the earth: Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Lo! thy Salvation, is coming,—Lo! his reward, is with him, And, his recompense, before him:

¹² So shall men call them—The holy people The redeemed of Yahweh,—And, thou, shalt be called—Sought out, A city not forsaken,