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For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, And for Jerusalem's sake I will not keep quiet, Until her ^(C1)righteousness goes forth like brightness, And her ^(C2)salvation like a torch that is burning.

The ^(C1)nations will see your righteousness, And all kings your glory; And you will be called by a new ^(C2)name Which the mouth of the LORD will designate.

You will also be a ^(C1)crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, And a royal headband in the hand of your God.

It will no longer be said to you, "^(F1)(C1)Forsaken," Nor to your land will it any longer be said, "^(F2)Desolate"; But you will be called, "^(F3)My delight is in her," And your land, "^(F4)(C2)Married"; For the ^(C3)LORD delights in you, And to Him your land will be married.

For as a young man marries a virgin, So your sons will marry you; And as the ^(F1)groom rejoices over the bride, So your ^(C1)God will rejoice over you.

On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed ^(C1)watchmen; All day and all night they will never keep silent. You who ^(C2)profess the LORD, take no rest for yourselves;

And ^(C1)give Him no rest until He establishes And makes ^(C2)Jerusalem an object of praise on the earth.

^(C1)The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: "I will ^(C2)never again give your grain as food for your enemies, Nor will ^(F1)foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored."

But those who ^(C1)harvest it will eat it and praise the LORD; And those who gather it will drink it in the courtyards of My sanctuary.

Go through, ^(C1)go through the gates, Clear a way ^(F1)for the people! ^(C2)Build up, build up the ^(C3)highway, Remove the stones, lift up a ^(C4)flag over the peoples.

Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ^(C1)end of the earth: ^(C2)Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold, your ^(C3)salvation is coming; ^(C4)Behold His reward is with Him, and His compensation before Him."

And they will call them, "^(C1)The holy people, The ^(C2)redeemed of the LORD"; And you will be called, "Sought Out, A City ^(C3)Not Abandoned."