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1. I love Zion, so I will continue to speak for her. I love Jerusalem, so I will not stop speaking. I will speak until goodness shines like a bright light, until salvation burns bright like a flame.
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1. For Zion's sake H4616 H6726 will I not H3808 hold my peace H2814 , and for Jerusalem's sake H4616 I will not H3808 rest H8252 , until H5704 the righteousness H6664 thereof go forth H3318 as brightness H5051 , and the salvation H3444 thereof as a lamp H3940 that burneth H1197 .
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2. Then all nations will see your goodness. All kings will see your honor. Then you will have a new name that the Lord himself will give you.
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2. And the Gentiles H1471 shall see H7200 thy righteousness H6664 , and all H3605 kings H4428 thy glory H3519 : and thou shalt be called H7121 by a new H2319 name H8034 , which H834 the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 shall name H5344 .
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3. You will be like a beautiful crown that the Lord holds up, like a crown in the hand of your God.
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3. Thou shalt also be H1961 a crown H5850 of glory H8597 in the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 , and a royal H4410 diadem H6797 in the hand H3709 of thy God H430 .
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4. You will never again be called 'The People God Left.' Your land will never again be called 'The Land God Destroyed.' You will be called 'The People God Loves.' Your land will be called 'God's Bride,' because the Lord loves you, and your land will be his.
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4. Thou shalt no H3808 more H5750 be termed H559 Forsaken H5800 ; neither H3808 shall thy land H776 any more H5750 be termed H559 Desolate H8077 : but H3588 thou shalt be called H7121 Hephzibah H2657 , and thy land H776 Beulah H1166 : for H3588 the LORD H3068 delighteth H2654 in thee , and thy land H776 shall be married H1166 .
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5. As a young man takes a bride and she belongs to him, so your land will belong to your children. As a man is happy with his new wife, so your God will be happy with you.
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5. For H3588 as a young man H970 marrieth H1166 a virgin H1330 , so shall thy sons H1121 marry H1166 thee : and as the bridegroom H2860 rejoiceth H4885 over H5921 the bride H3618 , so shall thy God H430 rejoice H7797 over H5921 thee.
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6. Jerusalem, I put guards on your walls. They will not be silent. They will keep praying day and night. Guards, keep praying to the Lord. Remind him of his promise. Don't ever stop praying.
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6. I have set H6485 watchmen H8104 upon H5921 thy walls H2346 , O Jerusalem H3389 , which shall never H3808 H8548 hold their peace H2814 day H3117 nor night H3915 : ye that make mention H2142 of H853 the LORD H3068 , keep not silence H408 H1824 ,
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7. Don't give him any rest until he rebuilds Jerusalem and makes it a place that everyone on earth will praise.
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7. And give H5414 him no H408 rest H1824 , till H5704 he establish H3559 , and till H5704 he make H7760 H853 Jerusalem H3389 a praise H8416 in the earth H776 .
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8. The Lord made a promise and guaranteed it by his own power. And he will use that power to keep his promise. The Lord said, "I promise that I will never again give your food to your enemies. I promise that they will never again take the wine you make.
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8. The LORD H3068 hath sworn H7650 by his right hand H3225 , and by the arm H2220 of his strength H5797 , Surely I will no H518 more H5750 give H5414 H853 thy corn H1715 to be meat H3978 for thine enemies H341 ; and the sons H1121 of the stranger H5236 shall not H518 drink H8354 thy wine H8492 , for the which H834 thou hast labored H3021 :
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9. Whoever gathers the food will eat it and praise the Lord. Whoever gathers the grapes will drink the wine in the courtyards of my Temple."
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9. But H3588 they that have gathered H622 it shall eat H398 it , and praise H1984 H853 the LORD H3068 ; and they that have brought it together H6908 shall drink H8354 it in the courts H2691 of my holiness H6944 .
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10. Come through the gates! Clear the way for the people! Prepare the road! Move all the stones off the road! Raise a flag as a sign for the nations!
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10. Go through H5674 , go through H5674 the gates H8179 ; prepare H6437 ye the way H1870 of the people H5971 ; cast up H5549 , cast up H5549 the highway H4546 ; gather out H5619 the stones H4480 H68 ; lift up H7311 a standard H5251 for H5921 the people H5971 .
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11. Listen, the Lord is speaking to all the faraway lands: "Tell the people of Zion, 'Look, your Savior is coming. He is bringing your reward to you. He is bringing it with him.'"
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11. Behold H2009 , the LORD H3068 hath proclaimed H8085 unto H413 the end H7097 of the world H776 , Say H559 ye to the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 , Behold H2009 , thy salvation H3468 cometh H935 ; behold H2009 , his reward H7939 is with H854 him , and his work H6468 before H6440 him.
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12. His people will be called "The Holy People," "The Saved People of the Lord." And you, Jerusalem, will be called "The City God Wants," "The City God Is With."
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12. And they shall call H7121 them , The holy H6944 people H5971 , The redeemed H1350 of the LORD H3068 : and thou shalt be called H7121 , Sought out H1875 , A city H5892 not H3808 forsaken H5800 .
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