Isaiah 62
62
Chapter 62
Salvation will come to Zion
1Because I love Zion,
I will not be quiet.
I cannot stay quiet,
because Jerusalem is in trouble.
I will continue to speak until she is safe again.
I want her righteousness to shine
like the sun at dawn.
I want her salvation to be a bright light in the dark.
2Jerusalem, the nations will see your righteousness.
All their kings will see how great you are.
People will call you by a new name,
which the Lord himself will give to you.
3The Lord your God will hold you in his hand,
and you will bring him honour.
You will be like his beautiful crown!
4They will no longer call you by the name ‘Alone’.
They will not call your land ‘Empty place’.
Instead, they will call you ‘The one that makes God happy’.
The name of your land will be ‘Married’.
Yes, the Lord will be very happy with you.
Your land will be his bride.
5As a young man marries a pure young woman,
so your sons will marry you, Jerusalem. #62:5 Jerusalem's people will be very happy to live there.
Your God will be very happy that you belong to him,
as a bridegroom is happy with his new wife.
6I have put guards on your walls, Jerusalem.
They should never be quiet,
during the day and during the night.
You people who cause the Lord to remember his promises,
never stop and rest!
7Do not give the Lord a chance to rest,
until he has made Jerusalem strong again.
Continue to pray until he makes it a famous city
that the whole world will praise.
8The Lord makes a strong promise,
and he has the power to make it happen.
He says:
‘I will never again take away your grain,
and give it to your enemies for food.
Foreign soldiers will not drink your wine
that you have worked very hard to make.
9Instead, the people who pick the grain at harvest time
are the people who will eat it.
And they will praise the Lord for it.
The people who pick the grapes
will drink the wine.
They will drink it in the yards of my temple.’
10Pass through the gates! Pass through the gates!
Prepare the way for the people to travel on.
Build up the road! Make it strong!
Remove the stones!
Lift up a flag,
so that the nations can see the way to go.
11Look! The Lord has this message for the whole earth:
‘Say to the people of Zion,
“Look! Your Saviour is coming!
Look again! He is bringing his gifts with him.
He brings the prize that he has won.” ’ #62:11 The people that God brings back to Jerusalem from exile are like his prize that he has won in battle. See Isaiah 40:10.
12Their name will be ‘God's holy People’,
and ‘The People that the Lord has redeemed’.
And Jerusalem's name will be ‘The City where people are happy’,
and ‘The City that is full of people’.
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Isaiah 62
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Zion’s Restoration
1I will not keep silent because of Zion,
and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,#Ps 83:1; Is 64:12; 65:6
until her righteousness shines like a bright light#Is 1:26; 58:8; 61:11
and her salvation, like a flaming torch.
2Nations will see your righteousness#Is 60:3
and all kings, your glory.
You will be given a new name
that the Lord’s mouth will announce.#Is 60:14; Rv 2:17; 3:12
3You will be a glorious crown in the Lord’s hand,
and a royal diadem in the palm of your God’s hand.#Is 28:5; Zch 9:16; 1Th 2:19
4You will no longer be called Deserted,#Is 54:6–7; 60:15,18
and your land will not be called Desolate;
instead, you will be called My Delight Is in Her,#62:4 Or Hephzibah
and your land Married;#62:4 Or Beulah#Hs 2:19–20
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land will be married.
5For as a young man marries a young woman,
so your sons will marry you;
and as a groom rejoices over his bride,
so your God will rejoice over you.#Is 65:19
6Jerusalem,
I have appointed watchmen on your walls;#Is 52:8; Jr 6:17; Ezk 3:17; 33:7
they will never be silent, day or night.
There is no rest for you,
who remind the Lord.
7Do not give him rest
until he establishes and makes Jerusalem
the praise of the earth.#Is 60:18; Jr 33:9; Zph 3:19–20
8The Lord has sworn with his right hand
and his strong arm:
I will no longer give your grain
to your enemies for food,#Lv 26:16; Dt 28:31,33; Jdg 6:3–6; Is 1:7; Jr 5:17
and foreigners will not drink the new wine
for which you have labored.
9For those who gather grain will eat it
and praise the Lord,
and those who harvest the grapes will drink the wine
in my holy courts.
10Go out, go out through the city gates;
prepare a way for the people!
Build it up, build up the highway;#Is 11:16; 19:23; 35:8; 49:11; 57:14
clear away the stones!
Raise a banner for the peoples.#Is 11:10,12; 49:22
11Look, the Lord has proclaimed
to the ends of the earth,
“Say to Daughter Zion:#Zch 9:9; Mt 21:5
Look, your salvation is coming,
his wages are with him,#Is 40:10; Rv 22:12
and his reward accompanies him.”
12And they will be called#62:12 Lit will call them the Holy People,#Dt 7:6; Is 4:3; 1Pt 2:9
the Lord’s Redeemed;
and you will be called Cared For,
A City Not Deserted.
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