Isaiah 62:4-12

4 It will no longer be said to you, "¹Forsaken," Nor to your land will it any longer be said, "Desolate "; But you will be called, "My delight is in her," And your land, "²Married "; For the ³LORD delights in you, And to Him your land will be married.

5 For as a young man marries a virgin, So your sons will marry you; And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So your ⁴God will rejoice over you.

6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed ⁵watchmen; All day and all night they will never keep silent. You who ⁶remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves;

7 And ⁷give Him no rest until He establishes And makes ⁸Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8 ⁹The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm, "I will ¹⁰never again give your grain as food for your enemies; Nor will foreigners * drink your new wine for which you have labored."

9 But those who ¹¹garner it will eat it and praise the LORD; And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.

10 Go through, ¹²go through the gates, Clear the way for the people; ¹³Build up, build up the ¹⁴highway, Remove the stones, lift up a ¹⁵standard over the peoples.

11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ¹⁶end of the earth, ¹⁷Say to the daughter of Zion, "Lo, your ¹⁸salvation comes; ¹⁹Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him."

12 And they will call them, "²⁰The holy people, The ²¹redeemed of the LORD "; And you will be called, "Sought out, a city ²²not forsaken."

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Isaiah 62:4-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 62

This chapter is a continuation of the prophecy of the glory of the church in the latter day. The prophet expresses his earnest desire for it, and his full assurance of it, Isa 62:1,2 which should lie in a new name, by which she should be called, and in her being a glorious crown and diadem in the hand of the Lord, Isa 62:3,4, in having her sons with her, and the Lord rejoicing over her, Isa 62:5, in having watchmen on her walls, and such as are the Lord's remembrancers in the midst of her, Isa 62:6,7, in plenty of food, Isa 62:8,9, in the coming of the Saviour, and in the gathering of elect Gentiles both to him and her, Isa 62:10-12.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 22

1. Isaiah 54:6, 7; Isaiah 60:15, 18
2. Hosea 2:19, 20
3. Jeremiah 32:41; Zephaniah 3:17
4. Isaiah 65:19
5. Isaiah 52:8; Jeremiah 6:17; Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 33:7
6. Psalms 74:2; Jeremiah 14:21; Lamentations 5:1, 20
7. Luke 18:1-8
8. Isaiah 60:18; Jeremiah 33:9; Zephaniah 3:19, 20
9. Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 54:9
10. Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:31, 33; Judges 6:3-6; Isaiah 1:7; Jeremiah 5:17
11. Is 65:13, 21-23
12. Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 60:11, 18
13. Isaiah 57:14
14. Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 19:23; Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 49:11
15. Isaiah 11:10, 12; Isaiah 49:22
16. Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 49:6
17. Matthew 21:5; Zechariah 9:9
18. Isaiah 51:5
19. Isaiah 40:10; Revelation 22:12
20. Deuteronomy 7:6; Isaiah 4:3; 1 Peter 2:9
21. Isaiah 35:9; Isaiah 51:10
22. Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 62:4

Footnotes 7

[a]. I.e. Azubah
[b]. I.e. Shemamah
[c]. I.e. Hephzibah
[d]. I.e. Beulah
[e]. Lit "exultation of the bridegroom"
[f]. Lit "sons of foreigners"
[g]. Lit "of"

Isaiah 62:4-12

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Isaiah 62:4-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 62

Cross References 22

Footnotes 7