Isaiah 62

Isaiah 62:1-12 . INTERCESSORY PRAYERS FOR ZION'S RESTORATION, ACCOMPANYING GOD'S PROMISES OF IT, AS THE APPOINTED MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHING IT.

1. I--the prophet, as representative of all the praying people of God who love and intercede for Zion (compare Isaiah 62:6 Isaiah 62:7 Psalms 102:13-17 ), or else Messiah (compare Isaiah 62:6 ). So Messiah is represented as unfainting in His efforts for His people ( Isaiah 42:4 , 50:7 ).
righteousness thereof--not its own inherently, but imputed to it, for its restoration to God's favor: hence "salvation" answers to it in the parallelism. "Judah" is to be "saved" through "the Lord our (Judah's and the Church's) righteousness" ( Jeremiah 23:6 ).
as brightness--properly the bright shining of the rising sun ( Isaiah 60:19 , 4:5 , 2 Samuel 23:4 , Proverbs 4:18 ).
lamp--blazing torch.

2. ( Isaiah 11:10 , 42:1-6 , Isaiah 49:7 Isaiah 49:22 Isaiah 49:23 , Isaiah 60:3 Isaiah 60:5 Isaiah 60:16 ).
new name--expression of thy new and improved condition ( Isaiah 62:4 ), the more valuable and lasting as being conferred by Jehovah Himself ( Isaiah 62:12 , Isaiah 65:15 , Revelation 2:17 , 3:12 ).

3. ( Zechariah 9:16 )
in . . . hand of . . . Lord--As a crown is worn on the head, not "in the hand," hand must here be figurative for "under the Lord's protection" (compare Deuteronomy 33:3 ). "All His saints are in thy hand." His people are in His hand at the same time that they are "a crown of glory" to Him ( Revelation 6:2 , 19:12 ); reciprocally, He is "a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty" to them ( Isaiah 28:5 ; compare Malachi 3:17 ).

4. be termed--be "forsaken," so as that that term could be applicable to thee.
Hephzi-bah--( 2 Kings 21:1 ), the name of Hezekiah's wife, a type of Jerusalem, as Hezekiah was of Messiah ( Isaiah 32:1 ): "my delight is in her."
Beulah--"Thou art married." See the same contrast of Zion's past and future state under the same figure ( Isaiah 54:4-6 , Revelation 21:2 Revelation 21:4 ).
land . . . married--to Jehovah as its Lord and Husband: implying not only ownership, but protection on the part of the Owner [HORSLEY].

5. thy sons--rather, changing the points, which are of no authority in Hebrew, "thy builder" or "restorer," that is, God; for in the parallel clause, and in Isaiah 62:4 , God is implied as being "married" to her; whereas her "sons" could hardly be said to marry their mother; and in Isaiah 49:18 , they are said to be her bridal ornaments, not her husband. The plural form, builders, is used of God in
over the bride--in the possession of the bride ( Isaiah 65:19 , Jeremiah 32:41 , Zephaniah 3:17 ).