The .lxij. Chapter.
1 A prophecie of the comming of Christe.
[unspec A] 1 FOr Sions sake wyll I not holde my tongue, and for Hieru∣salems sake I wyll not ceasse, vntill their righteousnesse breake foorth as the shining light, and their saluation as a burning lampe.
2 Then shall the gentiles see thy righ∣teousnesse, and all kynges thy glory: Thou shalt be named with * 1.1 a newe name, whiche the mouth of the Lorde shall shewe.
3 Thou shalt be a crowne in the hande of the Lorde, and a glorious garlande in the hande of thy God.
4 From this tyme foorth thou shalt ne∣uer be called the forsaken, and thy lande shall no more be called the wildernesse: but thou shalt be called, My pleasure is in her, and thy lande shalbe called, The maried woman: for the Lorde lo∣ueth thee, and thy land shalbe ioyned in mariage.
5 * 1.2And lyke as a young man taketh a virgin to mariage, so shal thy sonnes be maried vnto thee: and as a bridegrome is glad of his bride, so shall thy God re∣ioyce ouer thee.
6 I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Hierusalem, which shall nei∣ther ceasse day nor night to preache the Lorde: and ye also that remember the Lorde, ye shall not kepe him close,
7 Nor leaue to speake of him, vntill Hie∣rusalem [unspec B] be set vp, and made the prayse of the worlde.
8 The Lorde hath sworne by his right hand and by his strong arme, that from hencefoorth he wyll not geue thy corne to be meate for thyne enemies, nor thy vine wherein thou hast laboured, to be drinke for the straungers.
9 But they that haue gathered in the corne, shall eate it, and geue thankes to the Lorde: and they that haue borne in the vine, shall drinke it in the court of my sanctuarie.
10 Go you, go you thorowe the gates, make cleane the way for the people, make playne, make playne the foote