They shall not be shut day nor night; That men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, And that their kings may be brought. For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; Yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, And I will make the place of my feet glorious. The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; And all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; And they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, So that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, A joy of many generations. Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, And shalt suck the breast of kings: And thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour And thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. For brass I will bring gold, And for iron I will bring silver, And for wood brass, And for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, The sun shall be no more thy light by day; Neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: But the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, And thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; Neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: For the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, And the days of thy mourning shall be ended. They shall inherit the land for ever, The branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, And a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time. THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; Because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, And the opening of the prison to them that are To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; And they shall build the old wastes, They shall raise up the former desolations, And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, And the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: Men shall call you the Ministers of our God: Ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. your shame ye shall have double; For And for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: Therefore in their land they shall possess the double: Everlasting joy shall be unto them. For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; And I will make an everlasting covenant with them. All that see them shall acknowledge them, That they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed. I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, My soul shall be joyful in my God; For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, And as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, And as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; So the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth Before all the nations. 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. 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. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, And a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; Neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: But thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, And thy land Beulah: For the Lord delighteth in thee, And thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, So shall thy sons marry thee: And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, Keep not silence, and give him no rest, Till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; |