I will make an everlasting promisea to them.

9 Then their offspring will be known among the nations and their descendants among the people.

Everyone who sees them will recognize that they are the descendants whom Yahweh has blessed.

10 I will find joy in Yahweh .

I will delight in my Elohim .

He has dressed me in the clothes of salvation.

He has wrapped me in the robe of righteousness like a bridegroom with a priest's turban, like a bride with her jewels.

11 Like the ground that brings forth its crops and like a garden that makes the seed in it grow, so Adonay Yahweh will make righteousness and praise spring up in front of all nations.

Jerusalem's Salvation Is Coming 62 1 For Zion's sake I will not remain silent.

For Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness shines like the dawn and its salvation burns brightly like a torch.

2 The nations will see your righteousness.

All kings will see your glory.

You will be given a new name that Yahweh will announce.

3 Then you will be a beautiful crown in the hand of Yahweh, a royal crown in the hand of your Elohim.

4 You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will no longer be called Destroyed.

But you will be named My Delight, and your land will be named Married.

Yahweh is delighted with you, and your land will be married.

5 As a young man marries a woman, so your sons will marry you.

As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your Elohim will rejoice over you.

6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem.

They will never be silent day or night.

Whoever calls on Yahweh, do not give yourselves any rest, 7 and do not give him any rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it an object of praise throughout the earth.

8 Yahweh has sworn with his right hand and with his mighty arm, "I will never again let your enemies eat your grain, nor will foreigners drink the new wine which you made."

9 Those who harvest grain will eat it and praise Yahweh.

Those who gather grapes will drink wine in my holy courtyards.

10 Go through! Go through the gates!

Prepare a way for the people!

Build up! Build up the highway!

Clear away the stones!

Raise a flag for the people!

11 Yahweh has announced to the ends of the earth: "Tell my people Zion, 'Your Savior is coming.

His reward is with him, and the people he has won arrive ahead of him.'"

12 They will be called Holy People, Those Reclaimed by Yahweh , and you will be called Sought After, a City Not Deserted.

The LORD Alone Wins His Victory 63 1 Who is this coming from Bozrah in Edom with his clothes stained bright red?

Who is this dressed in splendor, going forward with great strength?

"It is I, Yahweh. I am coming to announce my victory.

I am powerful enough to save you."

2 Why are your clothes red and your garments like those who trample grapes in a winepress?

3 "I have trampled alone in the winepress.

No one was with me.

In my anger I trampled on people.

In my wrath I stomped on them.

Their blood splattered my clothes so all my clothing has been stained.

4 I planned the day of vengeance.

The year for my reclaiming you has come.

5 I looked, but there was no help.

I was astounded that there was no outside support.

So with my own power I won a victory.

My anger supported me.

6 In my anger I trampled on people.

In my wrath I made them drunk and poured their blood on the ground."

The LORD'S People Pray for His Help 7 I will acknowledge Yahweh's acts of mercy, and sing the praises of Yahweh, because of everything that Yahweh has done for us.

He has done many good things for the nation of Israel because of his compassion and his unlimited mercy.

8 He said, "They are my people, children who will not lie to me."

So he became their Savior.

9 In all their troubles he was troubled, and he was the Messenger who saved them.

In his love and compassion he reclaimed them.

He always held them and carried them in the past.

10 But they rebelled and offended his Ruach Qodesh .

So he turned against them as their enemy; he fought against them.

11 Then his people remembered Moses and the distant past.

Where is the one who brought them out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock?

Where is the one who put his Ruach Qodesh in them?

12 Where is the one who sent his powerful arm to support the right hand of Moses?

Where is the one who divided the water in front of them to make an everlasting name for himself?

13 Where is the one who led them through the deep water?

Like horses in the wilderness, they didn't stumble.

14 Like animals going down into a valley, they were given rest by Ruach Yahweh .

In this way you guided your people to make an honored name for yourself.

15 Look down and see from heaven, from your holy and beautiful dwelling.

Where is your determination and might?

Where is the longing of your heart and your compassion?

Don't hold back.

16 You are our Ab .

Even though Abraham doesn't know us and Israel doesn't pay attention to us, O Yahweh, you are our Ab.

Your name is our Go'el From Everlasting.

17 O Yahweh , why do you let us wander from your ways and become so stubborn that we are unable to fear you?

Return for the sake of your servants.

They are the tribes that belong to you.

18 Your holy people possessed the land for a little while.

Our enemies have trampled on your holy place.

19 We have become like those whom you never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.

64 1a If only you would split open the heavens and come down!

The mountains would quake at your presence.

2 Be like the fire that kindles brushwood and makes water boil.

Come down to make your name known to your enemies.

The nations will tremble in your presence.

3 When you did awe-inspiring things that we didn't expect, you came down and the mountains quaked in your presence.

4 No one has ever heard, no one has paid attention, and no one has seen any god except you.

You help those who wait for you.

5 You greeted the one who gladly does right and remembers your ways.

You showed your anger, because we've sinned.

We've continued to sin for a long time.

Can we still be saved?

6 We've all become unclean,b and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags.

All of us shrivel like leaves, and our sins carry us away like the wind.

7 No one calls on your name or tries to hold on to you.

You have hidden your face from us.

You have let us be ruined by our sins.

8 But now, Yahweh, you are our Ab .