Isaiah 62:1-9

Zion's Restoration

1 I will not keep silent because of Zion, and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem until her righteousness shines like a bright light, and her salvation like a flaming torch.

2 Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the Lord's mouth will announce.

3 You will be a glorious crown in the Lord's hand, and a royal diadem in the palm of your God.

4 You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will not be called Desolate; instead, you will be called My Delight is in Her,^[a] and your land Married;^[b] for the Lord delights in you, and your land will be married.

5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices^[c] over [his] bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

6 Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen on your walls; they will never be silent, day or night. You, who remind the Lord, no rest for you!

7 Do not give Him rest until He establishes and makes her Jerusalem the praise of the earth.

8 The Lord has sworn with His right hand and His strong arm: I will no longer give your grain to your enemies for food, and foreigners will not drink your new wine you have labored for.

9 For those who gather grain will eat it and praise the Lord, and those who harvest the grapes will drink [the wine] in My holy courts.

Isaiah 62:1-9 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.

Footnotes

• [a] Hb Hephzibah
• [b] Hb Beulah
• [c] Lit and the rejoicing of the bridegroom