Isaiah 62
62
Jerusalem Will Be Saved
1Jerusalem, I will speak up
for your good.
I will never be silent
till you are safe and secure,
sparkling like a flame.
2Your great victory will be seen
by every nation and king;
the Lord will even give you
a new name.
3You will be a glorious crown,
a royal headband
for the Lord your God.
4Your name will no longer be
“Deserted and Childless,”
but “Happily Married.”
You will please the Lord;
your country
will be his bride.
5Your people will take the land,#62.5 Your … land: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
just as a young man
takes a bride.
The Lord will be pleased
because of you,
just as a husband is pleased
with his bride.
6Jerusalem, on your walls
I have stationed guards,
whose duty it is
to speak out day and night,
without resting.
They must remind the Lord
7and not let him rest
till he makes Jerusalem strong
and famous everywhere.
8The Lord has given his word
and made this promise:
“Never again will I give
to your enemies
the grain and grapes
for which you struggled.
9As surely as you harvest
your grain and grapes,
you will eat your bread
with thankful hearts,
and you will drink your wine
in my temple.”
10People of Jerusalem,
open your gates!
Repair the road to the city
and clear it of stones;
raise a banner to help
the nations find their way.
11 #
Is 40.10; Rev 22.12. Here is what the Lord has said
for all the earth to hear:
“Soon I will come to save
the city of Zion
and to reward you.
12Then you will be called,
‘The Lord's Own People,
The Ones He Rescued!’
Your city will be known
as a good place to live
and a city full of people.”
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Isaiah 62
62
The Salvation of Zion
1For the sake of Zion I will not keep silent, # Isa 62:6–7
and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not rest
until her righteousness goes forth as brightness # Pr 4:18
and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
2The nations shall see your righteousness,
and all kings your glory.
And you shall be called by a new name,
which the mouth of the Lord shall name. # Isa 62:4, 12
3You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. # Zec 9:16; 1Th 2:19
4You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
nor shall your land be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called My Delight Is In Her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you, # Jer 32:41; Zep 3:17
and your land shall be married.
5For as a young man marries a virgin,
so your sons shall marry you;
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so your God shall rejoice over you. # Isa 65:19
6I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, # Isa 52:8
who shall never hold their peace day or night.
You who remind the Lord,
do not keep silent;
7give Him no rest until He establishes
and makes Jerusalem a glory in the earth. # Jer 33:9; Zep 3:19–20
8The Lord has sworn by His right hand
and by His strong arm:
Surely I will no longer give your grain
as food for your enemies;
and the sons of the foreigners shall not drink your wine
for which you have labored. # Dt 28:33; Jer 5:17
9But those who have gathered it shall eat it
and praise the Lord; # Dt 12:12
and those who have brought it shall drink it
in the courts of My sanctuary.
10Go through, go through the gates.
Prepare the way of the people;
build up, build up the highway.
Remove the stones; # Isa 57:14
lift up a standard over the peoples. # Isa 49:22
11Behold, the Lord has proclaimed
to the ends of the earth:
Say to the daughter of Zion, # Zec 9:9; Mt 21:5
“Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, His reward is with Him, # Rev 22:12
and His recompense before Him.”
12They shall call them The Holy People,
the Redeemed of the Lord;
and you shall be called Sought Out,
a City Not Forsaken. # Isa 62:4
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