1 Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery;put on forever the splendor of glory from God:
2 Wrapped in the mantle of justice from God,place on your head the diademof the glory of the Eternal One.
3 For God will show your splendor to all under the heavens;
4 you will be named by God forever:the peace of justice, the glory of God’s worship.
5 Rise up, Jerusalem! stand upon the heights;look to the east and see your childrenGathered from east to westat the word of the Holy One,rejoicing that they are remembered by God.
6 Led away on foot by their enemies they left you:but God will bring them back to youcarried high in glory as on royal thrones.
7 For God has commandedthat every lofty mountainand the age-old hills be made low,That the valleys be filled to make level ground,that Israel may advance securely in the glory of God.
8 The forests and every kind of fragrant treehave overshadowed Israel at God’s command;
9 For God is leading Israel in joyby the light of his glory,with the mercy and justice that are his.