Isaiah 62:9-12

9 but those who harvest it will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather the grapes will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”
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.’ ”
12 They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the LORD; and you will be called Sought After, the City No Longer Deserted.

Isaiah 62:9-12 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 15

  • 1. S Isaiah 1:19; Amos 9:14
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 12:7; Joel 2:26
  • 3. Leviticus 23:39
  • 4. S Psalms 24:7; S Isaiah 60:11
  • 5. Isaiah 57:14
  • 6. S Isaiah 11:16
  • 7. S Isaiah 11:10
  • 8. S Deuteronomy 30:4
  • 9. S Psalms 9:14; Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:5
  • 10. S Isaiah 35:4; Revelation 22:12
  • 11. S Isaiah 40:10
  • 12. ver 4; S Genesis 32:28
  • 13. S Exodus 19:6; 1 Peter 2:9
  • 14. S Psalms 106:10; S Isaiah 35:9; S Isaiah 44:23
  • 15. S Psalms 27:9; Isaiah 42:16; S Isaiah 54:6
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