3 You will be a glorious crown,a royal headbandfor the Lord your God.
4 Your name will no longer be“Deserted and Childless,”but “Happily Married.”You will please the Lord;your countrywill be his bride.
5 Your people will take the land,just as a young mantakes a bride.The Lord will be pleasedbecause of you,just as a husband is pleasedwith his bride.
6 Jerusalem, on your wallsI have stationed guards,whose duty it isto speak out day and night,without resting.They must remind the Lord
7 and not let him resttill he makes Jerusalem strongand famous everywhere.
8 The Lord has given his wordand made this promise:“Never again will I giveto your enemiesthe grain and grapesfor which you struggled.
9 As surely as you harvestyour grain and grapes,you will eat your breadwith thankful hearts,and you will drink your winein my temple.”