KEEP NOT SILENCE AND GIVE HIM NO REST
ISAIAH 62:1-7
FOR ZION'S
SAKE
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 TO THY GOD.
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:
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,
SO SHALL THY GOD REJOICE
OVER THEE.
I HAVE SET A WATCHMEN
UPON THY WALLS,
O JERUSALEM,
WHICH SHALL NEVER
HOLD THEIR PEACE DAY NOR NIGHT:
YE THAT MAKE MENTION
OF THE LORD,
KEEP NOT SILENCE,
AND
GIVE HIM NO REST,
TILL HE ESTABLISH,
AND
TILL HE MAKE
JERUSALEM
A PRAISE ON EARTH.
LOVE
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