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Isaiah’s Prayer for Jerusalem
1 Because 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.
2 The 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.
3 The Lord will hold you in his hand for all
to see—
a splendid crown in the hand of God.
4 Never again will you be called “The
Forsaken City”*
or “The Desolate Land.”*
Your new name will be “The City of God’s
Delight”*
and “The Bride of God,”*
for the Lord delights in you
and will claim you as his bride.
5 Your 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.
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O 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.
Give the Lord no rest until he completes
his work,
until he makes Jerusalem the pride of
the earth.
The 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.
You 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.”
Go 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.
The Lord has sent this message to every
land:
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“Tell the people of Israel,*
‘Look, your Savior is coming.
See, he brings his reward with him
as he comes.’”
They 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.”
Judgment against the LORD’s Enemies
1 Who is this who comes from Edom,
from the city of Bozrah,
with his clothing stained red?
Who is this in royal robes,
marching in his great strength?
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“It is I, the Lord, announcing your
salvation!
It is I, the Lord, who has the power
to save!”
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Why are your clothes so red,
as if you have been treading out grapes?
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“I have been treading the winepress alone;
no one was there to help me.
In my anger I have trampled my enemies
as if they were grapes.
In my fury I have trampled my foes.
Their blood has stained my clothes.
For the time has come for me to avenge
my people,
to ransom them from their oppressors.
I was amazed to see that no one intervened
to help the oppressed.
So I myself stepped in to save them with
my strong arm,
and my wrath sustained me.
I crushed the nations in my anger
and made them stagger and fall to the
ground,
spilling their blood upon the earth.”
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Praise for Deliverance
7 I will tell of the Lord’s unfailing love.
I will praise the Lord for all he has done.
I will rejoice in his great goodness to Israel,
which he has granted according to his
mercy and love.
8 He said, “They are my very own people.
Surely they will not betray me again.”
And he became their Savior.
9 In all their suffering he also suffered,
and he personally* rescued them.
In his love and mercy he redeemed them.
He lifted them up and carried them
through all the years.
62:4a Hebrew Azubah, which means “forsaken.” 62:4b Hebrew
Shemamah, which means “desolate.” 62:4c Hebrew Hephzibah,
which means “my delight is in her.” 62:4d Hebrew Beulah,
which means “married.” 62:11 Hebrew Tell the daughter of
Zion. 63:9 Hebrew and the angel of his presence.