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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Isaiah 62

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Jerusalem Will Be Saved

1 Jerusalem, I will speak up
    for your good.
I will never be silent
till you are safe and secure,
    sparkling like a flame.
2 Your great victory will be seen
    by every nation and king;
the Lord will even give you
    a new name.
3 You will be a glorious crown,
a royal headband,
    for the Lord your God.

4 Your name will no longer be
"Deserted and Childless,"
    but "Happily Married."
You will please the Lord;
your country
    will be his bride.
5 Your people will take the land,[a]
just as a young man
    takes a bride.
The Lord will be pleased
    because of you,
just as a husband is pleased
    with his bride.

6 Jerusalem, on your walls
I have stationed guards,
    whose duty it is
to speak out day and night,
    without resting.
They must remind the Lord
7     and not let him rest
till he makes Jerusalem strong
    and famous everywhere.

8 The Lord has given his word
    and made this promise:
"Never again will I give
    to your enemies
the grain and grapes
    for which you struggled.
9 As surely as you harvest
    your grain and grapes,
you will eat your bread
    with thankful hearts,
and you will drink your wine
    in my temple."

10 People of Jerusalem,
    open your gates!
Repair the road to the city
    and clear it of stones;
raise a banner to help
    the nations find their way.
11 Here is what the Lord has said
    for all the earth to hear:
"Soon I will come to save
the city of Zion,
    and to reward you.
12 Then you will be called,
‘The Lord's Own People,
    The Ones He Rescued!'
Your city will be known
as a good place to live
    and a city full of people."

 
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