Reformation Directory

1.For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

2.And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

3.Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

4.Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah^62-2: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.^62-1

5.For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.^62-3

6.I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make^62-4 mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

7.And give him no rest^62-5, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8.The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely^62-6 I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

9.But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

10.Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

11.Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work^62-7 before him.

12.And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Isaiah 62

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