MDDM Chapter 44 Hephzibah

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Isaiah 62
1   For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's
sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as
brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 2
And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy
glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of
the LORD shall name. 3  Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the
hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 4
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any
more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and
thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land
shall be married. 5  For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so
shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over
the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. 6  I have set
watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their
peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not
silence, 7  And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he
make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. 8  The LORD hath sworn by
his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no
more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of
the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast
laboured: 9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and
praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall
drink it in the courts of my holiness. 10 Go through, go through
the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the
highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say
ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold,
his reward is with him, and his work before him.12 And they shall
call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou
shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

HEPHZIBAH:  Biblical name meaning "in her is my delight."
Variant, Hepzibah, exists.  Diminutives are Hepsie and Eppie.