Isaiah 62:4-5

4 No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah,^[a]and your land Beulah^[b] ; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be married.

5 As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.

Isaiah 62:4-5 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. S Leviticus 26:43; S Isaiah 6:12; S Isaiah 54:6
• 2. S Isaiah 49:19; S Isaiah 51:19
• 3. 2 Kings 21:1
• 4. Isaiah 65:19; Jeremiah 32:41; Zephaniah 3:17; Malachi 3:12
• 5. Isaiah 54:5; Jeremiah 3:14; Hosea 2:19
• 6. S Song of Songs 3:11
• 7. S Deuteronomy 28:63; Isaiah 65:19; Jeremiah 31:12; Zephaniah 3:17

Footnotes

• [a] "Hephzibah" means "my delight is in her."
• [b] "Beulah" means "married."