Isaiah

For Zion’s sake,I will not hold my peace, for Jerusalem’s sake, I will not keep silent, until her holiness shines like the dawn and her salvation flames like a burning torch.

The nations will see your holiness and all the kings your glory. You will be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord will reveal.

You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

No longer will you be named Forsaken; no longer will your land be called Abandoned; but you will be called My Delight and your land Espoused. For the Lord delights in you and will make your land his spouse.

As a young man marries a virgin, so will your builder marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride, so will your God rejoice in you.

Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have stationed watchmen; all the day and throughout the night they will not be silent. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest;

and give him no rest either, till he restores Jerusalem and makes of it the pride of the earth.

The Lord swears by his right hand and by his mighty arm: Never again will I give your grain as food for your enemies, nor will foreigners drink the wine for which you have labored.

But those who toil will eat the harvest, and praise the Lord, and those working for the vintage shall drink of the wine in the courts of my Sanctuary.

Arrival of the Victorious Savior

“Pass through, pass through the gates, prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway, clear it of stones; raise up a standard for the people.”

For the Lord proclaims to the ends of the earth: Say to the daughter of Zion, here comes your salvation! The Lord brings the reward of his victory, his booty is carried before him.

They shall be called the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord; and you shall be called The Sought After, a city no longer abandoned.