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CHAP. LXII.

1 The feruent desire of the Prophet, to confirme the Church in Gods promises. 5 The office of the Ministers, (vnto which they are incited) in preaching the Gospel, 10 and preparing the people thereto.

¹ For Zions sake, wil I not hold my peace, and for Ierusalems sake I will not rest, vntill the righteousnesse thereof goe forth as brightnesse, and the saluation thereof as a lampe that burneth;

² And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousnes, and all Kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

The duetie of Watchmen.

³ Thou shalt also be a crowne of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royall diademe in the hand of thy God.

⁴ Thou shalt no more bee 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 shalbe maried.⁴

⁵ ¶ For as a yong man marrieth a virgine, so shall thy sonnes marry thee: and as the bridegrome reioyceth ouer the bride, so shall thy God reioyce ouer thee.⁵

⁶ I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles, O Ierusalem, which shall neuer hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keepe not silence:⁶

⁷ And giue him no rest till he establish, and till hee make Ierusalem a praise in the earth.⁷

⁸ The Lord hath sworne by his Right hand, and by the arme of his strength, Surely, I will no more giue thy corne to be meat for thine enemies, and the sonnes of the stranger shall not drinke thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:⁸

⁹ But they that haue gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord, and they that haue brought it together, shal drinke it in the Courts of my Holinesse.

¹⁰ ¶ Goe through, goe through the gates: prepare you the way of the people: cast vp, cast vp the high way, gather out the stones, lift vp a standard for the people.¹⁰

¹¹ Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed vnto the end of the world, say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy saluation commeth; behold, his reward is with him, and his worke before him.¹¹

¹² And they shall call them, The holy people: the redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, a citie not forsaken.

Isaiah Chapter 62 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):

⁴ Ose.1.10. 1.pet.2.10. , That is, my delight is in her. , That is, married.
⁵ Hebr. with the ioy of the bridegrome.
⁶ Or, ye that are the Lords remembrancers.
⁷ Hebr. silence.
⁸ Hebr. if he giue, &c.
¹⁰ Chap.40. 3. & 57.14.
¹¹ Zach.9.9. matth.21.5. iohn 12.15. , Chap.40. 10. , Or, recompence.

* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania