Isaiah 62:10-11

10 Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.

11 The LORD has made proclamation to the ends of the earth: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your Savior comes! See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.’ ”

Isaiah 62:10-11 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. S Psalms 24:7; S Isaiah 60:11
• 2. Isaiah 57:14
• 3. S Isaiah 11:16
• 4. S Isaiah 11:10
• 5. S Deuteronomy 30:4
• 6. S Psalms 9:14; Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:5
• 7. S Isaiah 35:4; Revelation 22:12
• 8. S Isaiah 40:10