Isaiah 62

Zion’s Coming Salvation

1 *ver. 6, 7For 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. 98:2The 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.

3 You 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. 54:6You shall no more be termed *ch. 49:14;54:1,7;60:15Forsaken,*62:4 Hebrew Azubah

and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,*62:4 Hebrew Shemamah

*[See ver. 2above] 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.

5 For 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.

6 On 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,

7 and 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.

8 The Lord has sworn *[Heb. 6:13] by his right hand

and by his mighty arm:

"I will not again give *Deut. 28:33;Jer. 5:17your grain

to be food for your enemies,

*[ch. 65:21,22]and foreigners shall not drink your wine

for which you have labored;

9 but *[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

10 Go through, go through the gates;

*ch. 40:3prepare the way for the people;

*ch. 57:14build up, build up the highway;

clear it of stones;

*ch. 11:10;49:22lift up a signal over the peoples.

11 Behold, 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. 61:6And 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.