Isaiah 62:1-5

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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] 8but 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.

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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.

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Cross References 11

  • 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 4

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