Isaiah 62

The Vindication and Salvation of Zion

1 # Isa 52.10; 61.11 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,

and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,

until her vindication shines out like the dawn

and her salvation like a burning torch.

2 # vv 4, 12 ; Isa 60.3; 65.15The nations shall see your vindication

and all the kings your glory,

and you shall be called by a new name

that the mouth of the Lord will give.

3 # Zech 9.16 You shall be a beautiful crown in the hand of the Lord

and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

4 # Isa 54.6, 7; Jer 3.14; 32.41; Hos 1.10 You shall no more be termed Forsaken,

and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,

but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her

and your land Married,

for the Lord delights in you,

and your land shall be married.

5 # Isa 65.19 For as a young man marries a young woman,

so shall your builder#62.5 Cn: Heb your sons marry you,

and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,

so shall your God rejoice over you.

6 # Ps 74.2; Isa 52.8; Jer 6.17; Ezek 3.17 Upon your walls, O Jerusalem,

I have posted sentinels;

all day and all night

they shall never be silent.

You who remind the Lord,

take no rest,

7 # Jer 33.9; Mt 15.21–28; Lk 18.1–8 and give him no rest

until he establishes Jerusalem

and makes it renowned throughout the earth.

8 # Deut 28.31, 33; Isa 45.23; Jer 5.17 The Lord has sworn by his right hand

and by his mighty arm:

I will not again give your grain

to be food for your enemies,

and foreigners shall not drink the wine

for which you have labored,

9 # Isa 65.13, 21–23 but those who harvest it shall eat it

and praise the Lord,

and those who gather it shall drink it

in my holy courts.

10 # Isa 11.10, 12; 49.11; 57.14 Go through, go through the gates;

prepare the way for the people;

build up, build up the highway;

clear it of stones;

lift up an ensign over the peoples.

11 # Isa 40.10; 49.6; 51.5; Zech 9.9; Mt 21.5 The Lord has proclaimed

to the end of the earth:

Say to daughter Zion,

“Look, your savior comes;

his reward is with him

and his recompense before him.”

12 # v 4 ; Isa 4.3; 51.10They shall be called, “The Holy People,

The Redeemed of the Lord,”

and you shall be called, “Sought Out,

A City Not Forsaken.”

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Isaiah 62

1For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,

and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest,

until her vindication goes forth as brightness,

and her salvation as a burning torch.

2 # Rev 2.17. The nations shall see your vindication,

and all the kings your glory;

and you shall be called by a new name

which the mouth of the Lord will give.

3You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,

and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.

4You shall no more be termed Forsaken,#62.4 Heb Azubah

and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;#62.4 Heb Shemamah

but you shall be called My delight is in her,#62.4 Heb Hephzibah

and your land Married;#62.4 Heb Beulah

for the Lord delights in you,

and your land shall be married.

5For as a young man marries a virgin,

so shall your sons marry you,

and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,

so shall your God rejoice over you.

6Upon your walls, O Jerusalem,

I have set watchmen;

all the day and all the night

they shall never be silent.

You who put the Lord in remembrance,

take no rest,

7and give him no rest

until he establishes Jerusalem

and makes it a praise in the earth.

8The Lord has sworn by his right hand

and by his mighty arm:

“I will not again give your grain

to be food for your enemies,

and foreigners shall not drink your wine

for which you have labored;

9but those who garner it shall eat it

and praise the Lord,

and those who gather it shall drink it

in the courts of my sanctuary.”

10Go through, go through the gates,

prepare the way for the people;

build up, build up the highway,

clear it of stones,

lift up an ensign over the peoples.

11Behold, the Lord has proclaimed

to the end of the earth:

Say to the daughter of Zion,

“Behold, your salvation comes;

behold, his reward is with him,

and his recompense before him.”

12And they shall be called The holy people,

The redeemed of the Lord;

and you shall be called Sought out,

a city not forsaken.

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