Isaiah 62
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1I can't remain silent because of my love for Zion, I can't keep quiet because of my love for Jerusalem, until her integrity shines like a beam of light, until her salvation blazes like a burning torch. 2The nations will see the way you live right, and all the kings will see how you are blessed, and you will be called by a new name that the Lord gives you. 3You will be a crown of beauty in the Lord's hand; a royal head-dress in the hand of your God. 4You won't be called Abandoned anymore; your land won't be called Desolate. Instead you will be called She Makes Me Happy, and your land will be called Married, because you make the Lord happy, and your land will be married.#62:4. The literal names are Hephzibah and Beulah. Hephzibah was actually the name of Hezekiah's queen, and Beulah became a symbolic name for Jerusalem. 5For just like a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and like a groom is happy with his bride, so your God will be happy with you.
6I have placed watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they won't ever be silent, day or night.#62:6. It was the duty of watchmen to regularly give a report by calling out. In this case it could be the prophets who are represented as Jerusalem's watchmen. You who pray to the Lord, don't ever stop and take a rest. 7Don't give the Lord a rest either, until he finishes his work, until he makes Jerusalem the most praiseworthy place on earth. 8The Lord has made a solemn promise, swearing by his power and might: I won't ever again let your enemies have your grain to eat, or let foreigners drink the new wine you worked hard for.
9Instead, those who harvest the grain will eat it and praise the Lord, and those who harvest the grapes for the wine will drink it in the courts of my Temple.
10Exit! Exit through the gates! Clear the way for the people! Build the highway! Get rid of any rocks on the road! Lift up a flag so the nations can see!#62:10. The imagery of this verse is taken to represent the people leaving Babylon. 11See! The Lord has announced to everyone on earth, Tell the Daughter of Zion: Look! Your Savior is coming. He's bringing his reward with him, coming to give his gift! 12They will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you will be called the Sought-After Place, A City No Longer Abandoned.
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Isaiah 62
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Zion’s Glory and New Name
1For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,
Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,
And her salvation like a torch that is burning.
2The nations will see your righteousness,
And all kings your glory;
And you will be called by a new name
Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.
3You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
And a royal headband in the hand of your God.
4It will no longer be said to you, “#62:4 I.e., AzubahForsaken,”
Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “#62:4 I.e., ShemamahDesolate”;
But you will be called, “#62:4 I.e., HephzibahMy delight is in her,”
And your land, “#62:4 I.e., BeulahMarried”;
For the Lord delights in you,
And to Him your land will be married.
5For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the #62:5 Lit joy of the groom is overgroom rejoices over the bride,
So your God will rejoice over you.
6¶On your walls, Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;
All day and all night they will never keep silent.
You who profess the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;
7And give Him no rest until He establishes
And makes Jerusalem an object of praise on the earth.
8The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm:
“I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies,
Nor will #62:8 Lit sons of foreignersforeigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”
9But those who harvest it will eat it and praise the Lord;
And those who gather it will drink it in the courtyards of My sanctuary.
10¶Go through, go through the gates,
Clear a way #62:10 Lit offor the people!
Build up, build up the highway,
Remove the stones, lift up a flag over the peoples.
11Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth:
Say to the daughter of Zion, “Behold, your salvation is coming;
Behold His reward is with Him, and His compensation before Him.”
12And they will call them, “The holy people,
The redeemed of the Lord”;
And you will be called, “Sought Out, A City Not Abandoned.”
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