Isaiah 62

Zion’s New Identity

1 For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not maintain a quiet attitude, until her righteousness goes out like the bright light, and her salvation burns like a torch.
2 And [the] nations shall see your righteousness, and all [the] kings your glory, and {you will be called} a new name that the mouth of Yahweh will designate.
3 And you shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a headband of royalty in the hand of your God.
4 It shall no longer be said of you, "Forsaken," and it shall no longer be said of your land, "Desolation!" but {you will} be called "My Delight [Is] In Her," and your land, "Married," for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married.
5 For [as] a young man marries a virgin, [so] shall your sons marry you, and [as is the] joy of [the] bridegroom over [the] bride, [so] shall your God rejoice over you.
6 I have appointed watchmen upon your walls, Jerusalem; all day and all night they shall never be silent. You who profess Yahweh have no rest.
7 And you must not give him rest until he establishes, and until he {makes} Jerusalem {an object of praise} in the earth.
8 Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by {his mighty arm}, "Surely I will never again give your grain [as] food to {your enemies}, and surely {foreigners} shall not drink your new wine at which you have labored."
9 But those who gather it shall eat it, and they shall praise Yahweh, and those who gather it shall drink it in {my holy courts}.
10 Pass through, pass through the gates! Make the way clear {for} the people! Pile up, pile up the highway; clear [it] of stones! Lift up an ensign over the peoples!
11 Look! Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to daughter Zion, "Look, your salvation [is] coming! Look, his reward [is] with him, and his reward before him.
12 And they shall call them "The {Holy People}, The Redeemed Of Yahweh," and {you} shall be called "Sought After, A City Is Not Forsaken."

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Footnotes 12

  • [a]. Literally "it shall be called to you"
  • [b]. Literally "to you it shall"
  • [c]. Literally "places"
  • [d]. Literally "a praise"
  • [e]. Literally "the arm of his might"
  • [f]. Literally "those who are hostile to you"
  • [g]. Literally "sons of a foreign country"
  • [h]. Literally "the courts of my holiness"
  • [i]. Literally "of"
  • [j]. Hebrew "stone"
  • [k]. Literally "People of the Holiness"
  • [l]. Literally "to you it"

Isaiah 62 Commentaries

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