[1] Jerusalem, I will speak up for your good. I will never be silent till you are safe and secure, sparkling like a flame. [2] Your great victory will be seen by every nation and king; the LORD will even give you a new name. [3] You will be a glorious crown, a royal headband, for the LORD your God. [4] Your name will no longer be "Deserted and Childless," but "Happily Married." You will please the LORD; your country will be his bride. [5] Your people will take the land, just as a young man takes a bride. The LORD will be pleased because of you, just as a husband is pleased with his bride. [6] Jerusalem, on your walls I have stationed guards, whose duty it is to speak out day and night, without resting. They must remind the LORD [7] and not let him rest till he makes Jerusalem strong and famous everywhere. [8] The LORD has given his word and made this promise: "Never again will I give to your enemies the grain and grapes for which you struggled. [9] As surely as you harvest your grain and grapes, you will eat your bread with thankful hearts, and you will drink your wine in my temple." [10] People of Jerusalem, open your gates! Repair the road to the city and clear it of stones; raise a banner to help the nations find their way. [11] Here is what the LORD has said for all the earth to hear: "Soon I will come to save the city of Zion, and to reward you. [12] Then you will be called, 'The LORD's Own People, The Ones He Rescued!' Your city will be known as a good place to live and a city full of people."
