Isaiah 62:6-8

New International Reader's Version

⁶ Jerusalem, I have stationed guards on your walls.
    They must never be silent day or night.
You who call out to the Lord
    must not give yourselves any rest.
⁷ And don’t give him any rest
    until he makes Jerusalem secure.
Don’t give him any peace
    until people all over the earth praise that city.

⁸ The Lord has made a promise.
    He has lifted up his right hand and mighty arm.
He has promised, “I will never give your grain
    to your enemies for food again.
Outsiders will never again drink the fresh wine
    you have worked so hard for.