Isaiah 62
1 For [the] sake of Zion not I will be silent and for [the] sake of Jerusalem not I will remain quiet until it will go forth like brightness righteousness its and salvation its like a torch [which] it burns.
Because I am very concerned about [the people of] Jerusalem [DOU], I will do something to help them. I will not stop praying for them until they are rescued/freed [from their oppressors], until that becomes as apparent to everyone as the dawn [every morning], until people can see it as clearly as [SIM] they see a torch shining brightly [at night].
2 And they will see nations righteousness your and all kings glory your and it will be called to you a name new which [the] mouth of Yahweh it will designate it.
[Some day] the [people of many] nations will know that Yahweh has rescued you, [his people]. Their kings will see that your city is [very] great/glorious. And Yahweh [MTY] will give your [city] a new name.
3 And you will be a crown of beauty in [the] hand of Yahweh (and a headdress of *Q(K)*) royalty in [the] palm of God your.
[It will be as though] Yahweh will hold you up in his hands in order that everyone can see you. Under his authority [MTY], you will be [like] a glorious headband/turban worn by a king.
4 Not it will be said of you again abandoned and of land your not it will be said again desolation that to you it will be called Hephzi-bah and to land your married for he delights Yahweh in you and land your it will be married.
Your [city] will never again be called “the deserted/abandoned city” and your country will never again be called “the desolate land”; it will be called “the land that Yahweh delights in”, and [it will also be called] “married to Yahweh”. It will be called that because Yahweh will be delighted with you, [and it will be as though] you are his bride [MET].
5 For he marries a young man a young woman they will marry you sons your and [the] joy of a bridegroom on a bride he will rejoice on you God your.
You people will live in all the country of Judah like [SIM] a young man lives with his bride. And our God will be happy that you [belong to] him like [SIM] a bridegroom is happy that his bride [belongs to him].
6 On walls your O Jerusalem I have appointed watchmen all the day and all the night continually not they will be silent O those [who] cause to remember Yahweh [let] not rest [belong] to you.
[You people of] Jerusalem, I have placed watchmen on your walls; they will [LIT] earnestly pray to Yahweh day and night. You watchmen, you must not stop [praying] [and] reminding Yahweh [about what he has promised to do]!
7 And may not you give rest to him until he will establish and until he will make Jerusalem praise on the earth.
And tell Yahweh that he should not rest until he causes Jerusalem to be [a city that is] famous throughout the world.
8 He swears an oath Yahweh by right [hand] his and by [the] arm of strength his if I will give grain your again food to enemies your and if they will drink sons of foreignness new wine your which you have labored for it.
Yahweh has raised his right hand to solemnly promise [to the people of Jerusalem], “I will use my power [MTY] and never again allow your enemies to defeat you; [soldiers from other nations will never come again] to take away your grain and the wine that you worked hard [to produce].
9 For [those who] gather it they will eat it and they will praise Yahweh and [those who] gather it they will drink it in [the] courts of holiness my.
You yourselves grew the grain, and you will be the ones who will praise [me], Yahweh, while you eat [the bread made from] that grain. Inside the courtyards of my temple you yourselves will drink the wine made from the grapes [that you harvested].”
10 Pass pass in the gates make clear [the] way of the people build up build up the highway clear [it] from stone[s] raise a standard over the peoples.
Go out through the [city] gates! Prepare the highway on which people [will return from other countries]! Cause the road to become smooth; clear off [all] the stones; set up signal flags to help the people-groups to see [where the road to Jerusalem is].
11 There! Yahweh he has proclaimed to [the] end of the earth say to [the] daughter of Zion there! salvation your [is] about to come there! reward his [is] with him and recompense his [is] before him.
This is the message that Yahweh has sent to [the people of] every nation: “Tell the people of Israel, ‘The one who will rescue/save you is coming! Look! He will be bringing to you (your reward/what you deserve [for the good things that you have done]); those whom he is setting free will be going ahead of him.’”
12 And people will call them [the] people of holiness [the] redeemed of Yahweh and to you it will be called [one] sought out a city [which] not it has been forsaken.
They will be called “Yahweh’s own people, the ones whom he rescued”. And Jerusalem will be known as the city that [Yahweh] loves, the city that is no [longer] abandoned.
