Isaiah 62
62
Zion’s Coming Salvation
1 # ver. 6, 7 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet,
# [Prov. 4:18] until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
and her salvation as a burning torch.
2 # ch. 60:3; Ps. 98:2 The nations shall see your righteousness,
and all the kings your glory,
# ch. 60:14; [Rev. 2:17; 3:12] and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.
3You shall be #Zech. 9:16; [ch. 54:11, 12]a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 #
Hos. 1:10; 1 Pet. 2:10; See ch. 54:6 You shall no more be termed #ch. 49:14; 54:1, 7; 60:15 Forsaken,#62:4 Hebrew Azubah
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,#62:4 Hebrew Shemamah
# [See ver. 2 above] but you shall be called #Mal. 3:12My Delight Is in Her,#62:4 Hebrew Hephzibah
and your land Married;#62:4 Hebrew Beulah
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
5For as a young man marries a young woman,
so #[ch. 51:18] shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so #ch. 65:19shall your God rejoice over you.
6On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have set #ch. 52:8; 56:10watchmen;
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 #ch. 60:18; [ch. 61:11; Zeph. 3:20]a praise in the earth.
8The Lord has sworn #[Heb. 6:13] by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
“I will not again give #Deut. 28:33; Jer. 5:17 your grain
to be food for your enemies,
# [ch. 65:21, 22] and foreigners shall not drink your wine
for which you have labored;
9but #[Deut. 12:12; 14:23, 26]those who garner it shall eat it
and praise the Lord,
and #[Deut. 12:12; 14:23, 26]those who gather it shall drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary.”#62:9 Or in my holy courts
10Go through, go through the gates;
# ch. 40:3 prepare the way for the people;
# ch. 57:14 build up, build up the highway;
clear it of stones;
# ch. 11:10; 49:22 lift up a signal over the peoples.
11Behold, the Lord has proclaimed
to the end of the earth:
#
Zech. 9:9; [Matt. 21:5; John 12:15] Say to the daughter of Zion,
# ch. 40:10 “Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.”
12 # ch. 61:6 And they shall be called The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord;
# ver. 4; [ch. 61:4] and you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.
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Isaiah 62
62
Isaiah’s Prayer for Jerusalem
1Because I love Zion,
I will not keep still.
Because my heart yearns for Jerusalem,
I cannot remain silent.
I will not stop praying for her
until her righteousness shines like the dawn,
and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.
2The nations will see your righteousness.
World leaders will be blinded by your glory.
And you will be given a new name
by the Lord’s own mouth.
3The Lord will hold you in his hand for all to see—
a splendid crown in the hand of God.
4Never again will you be called “The Forsaken City”#62:4a Hebrew Azubah, which means “forsaken.”
or “The Desolate Land.”#62:4b Hebrew Shemamah, which means “desolate.”
Your new name will be “The City of God’s Delight”#62:4c Hebrew Hephzibah, which means “my delight is in her.”
and “The Bride of God,”#62:4d Hebrew Beulah, which means “married.”
for the Lord delights in you
and will claim you as his bride.
5Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem,
just as a young man commits himself to his bride.
Then God will rejoice over you
as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.
6O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls;
they will pray day and night, continually.
Take no rest, all you who pray to the Lord.
7Give the Lord no rest until he completes his work,
until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.
8The Lord has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength:
“I will never again hand you over to your enemies.
Never again will foreign warriors come
and take away your grain and new wine.
9You raised the grain, and you will eat it,
praising the Lord.
Within the courtyards of the Temple,
you yourselves will drink the wine you have pressed.”
10Go out through the gates!
Prepare the highway for my people to return!
Smooth out the road; pull out the boulders;
raise a flag for all the nations to see.
11The Lord has sent this message to every land:
“Tell the people of Israel,#62:11 Hebrew Tell the daughter of Zion.
‘Look, your Savior is coming.
See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.’”
12They will be called “The Holy People”
and “The People Redeemed by the Lord.”
And Jerusalem will be known as “The Desirable Place”
and “The City No Longer Forsaken.”
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