Isaiah 62:1-5

Zion’s Coming Salvation

1 ¹For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, ²until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a burning torch.

2 ³The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, ⁴and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will give.

3 You shall be ⁵a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

4 ⁶You shall no more be termed ⁷Forsaken, ^[a] and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, ^{[b] 8}but you shall be called ⁹My Delight Is in Her, ^[c] and your land Married; ^[d] for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.

5 For as a young man marries a young woman, so ¹⁰shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so ¹¹shall your God rejoice over you.

Isaiah 62:1-5 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.

Cross References

• 1. 62:1 ver. 6, 7
• 2. 62:1 [Prov. 4:18]
• 3. 62:2 ch. 60:3; Ps. 98:2
• 4. 62:2 ch. 60:14; [Rev. 2:17; 3:12]
• 5. 62:3 Zech. 9:16; [ch. 54:11, 12]
• 6. 62:4 Hos. 1:10; 1 Pet. 2:10; See ch. 54:6
• 7. 62:4 ch. 49:14; 54:1, 7; 60:15
• 8. 62:4 [See ver. 2 above]
• 9. 62:4 Mal. 3:12
• 10. 62:5 [ch. 51:18]
• 11. 62:5 ch. 65:19

Footnotes

• [a] 62:4 Hebrew 'Azubah'
• [b] 62:4 Hebrew 'Shemamah'
• [c] 62:4 Hebrew 'Hephzibah'
• [d] 62:4 Hebrew 'Beulah'