Daily Bread

⁴ They will rebuild the ancient ruins^(S)
    and restore the places long devastated;
they will renew the ruined cities
    that have been devastated for generations.
⁵ Strangers^(T) will shepherd your flocks;
    foreigners will work your fields and vineyards.
⁶ And you will be called priests^(U) of the Lord,
    you will be named ministers of our God.
You will feed on the wealth^(V) of nations,
    and in their riches you will boast.

⁷ Instead of your shame^(W)
    you will receive a double^(X) portion,
and instead of disgrace
    you will rejoice in your inheritance.
And so you will inherit^(Y) a double portion in your land,
    and everlasting joy^(Z) will be yours.

⁸ “For I, the Lord, love justice;^(AA)
    I hate robbery and wrongdoing.
In my faithfulness I will reward my people
    and make an everlasting covenant^(AB) with them.
⁹ Their descendants^(AC) will be known among the nations
    and their offspring among the peoples.
All who see them will acknowledge
    that they are a people the Lord has blessed.”^(AD)

¹⁰ I delight greatly in the Lord;
    my soul rejoices^(AE) in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
    and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,^(AF)
as a bridegroom adorns his head^(AG) like a priest,
    and as a bride^(AH) adorns herself with her jewels.
¹¹ For as the soil makes the sprout come up
    and a garden^(AI) causes seeds to grow,
so the Sovereign Lord will make righteousness^(AJ)
    and praise spring up before all nations.

⁶ I have posted watchmen^(AY) on your walls, Jerusalem;
    they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
    give yourselves no rest,^(AZ)
7 and give him no rest^(BA) till he establishes Jerusalem
    and makes her the praise^(BB) of the earth.

⁸ The Lord has sworn^(BC) by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain^(BD)
    as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
    for which you have toiled;
⁹ but those who harvest it will eat^(BE) it
    and praise the Lord,^(BF)
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary.”^(BG)

¹⁰ Pass through, pass through the gates!^(BH)
    Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!^(BI)
    Remove the stones.
Raise a banner^(BJ) for the nations.

¹¹ The Lord has made proclamation
    to the ends of the earth:^(BK)
“Say to Daughter Zion,^(BL)
    ‘See, your Savior comes!^(BM)
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.’”^(BN)
12 They will be called^(BO) the Holy People,^(BP)
    the Redeemed^(BQ) of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
    the City No Longer Deserted.^(BR)