Zion’s New Name
62 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,(A)
for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet,
till her vindication(B) shines out like the dawn,(C)
her salvation(D) like a blazing torch.
2 The nations(E) will see your vindication,
and all kings your glory;
you will be called by a new name(F)
that the mouth of the Lord will bestow.
3 You will be a crown(G) of splendor in the Lord’s hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
4 No longer will they call you Deserted,(H)
or name your land Desolate.(I)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](J)
and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(K) in you,
and your land will be married.(L)
5 As a young man marries a young woman,
so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom(M) rejoices over his bride,
so will your God rejoice(N) over you.
6 I have posted watchmen(O) on your walls, Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
give yourselves no rest,(P)
7 and give him no rest(Q) till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise(R) of the earth.
8 The Lord has sworn(S) by his right hand
and by his mighty arm:
“Never again will I give your grain(T)
as food for your enemies,
and never again will foreigners drink the new wine
for which you have toiled;
9 but those who harvest it will eat(U) it
and praise the Lord,(V)
and those who gather the grapes will drink it
in the courts of my sanctuary.”(W)
10 Pass through, pass through the gates!(X)
Prepare the way for the people.
Build up, build up the highway!(Y)
Remove the stones.
Raise a banner(Z) for the nations.
11 The Lord has made proclamation
to the ends of the earth:(AA)
“Say to Daughter Zion,(AB)
‘See, your Savior comes!(AC)
See, his reward is with him,
and his recompense accompanies him.’”(AD)
12 They will be called(AE) the Holy People,(AF)
the Redeemed(AG) of the Lord;
and you will be called Sought After,
the City No Longer Deserted.(AH)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
- Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.
Cross references
- Isaiah 62:1 : S Est 4:14; S Ps 50:21; S 83:1
- Isaiah 62:1 : S Isa 1:26; S 45:8
- Isaiah 62:1 : S Job 11:17
- Isaiah 62:1 : S Ps 67:2
- Isaiah 62:2 : S Ps 67:2; S Isa 40:5; S 45:14; 52:10
- Isaiah 62:2 : S Ge 32:28; S Isa 1:26; Rev 2:17; 3:12
- Isaiah 62:3 : S Isa 28:5; 1Th 2:19
- Isaiah 62:4 : S Lev 26:43; S Isa 6:12; S 54:6
- Isaiah 62:4 : S Isa 49:19; S 51:19
- Isaiah 62:4 : 2Ki 21:1
- Isaiah 62:4 : Isa 65:19; Jer 32:41; Zep 3:17; Mal 3:12
- Isaiah 62:4 : Isa 54:5; Jer 3:14; Hos 2:19
- Isaiah 62:5 : S SS 3:11
- Isaiah 62:5 : S Dt 28:63; Isa 65:19; Jer 31:12; Zep 3:17
- Isaiah 62:6 : S Isa 52:8; Heb 13:17
- Isaiah 62:6 : Ps 132:4
- Isaiah 62:7 : Mt 15:21-28; Lk 18:1-8
- Isaiah 62:7 : S Dt 26:19; S Isa 60:18
- Isaiah 62:8 : S Ge 22:16; S Isa 14:24; S 49:18
- Isaiah 62:8 : Dt 28:30-33; S Isa 1:7
- Isaiah 62:9 : S Isa 1:19; Am 9:14
- Isaiah 62:9 : S Dt 12:7; Joel 2:26
- Isaiah 62:9 : Lev 23:39
- Isaiah 62:10 : S Ps 24:7; S Isa 60:11
- Isaiah 62:10 : S Isa 11:16; Isa 57:14
- Isaiah 62:10 : S Isa 11:10
- Isaiah 62:11 : S Dt 30:4
- Isaiah 62:11 : S Ps 9:14; Zec 9:9; Mt 21:5
- Isaiah 62:11 : S Isa 35:4; Rev 22:12
- Isaiah 62:11 : S Isa 40:10
- Isaiah 62:12 : S Ge 32:28
- Isaiah 62:12 : S Ex 19:6; 1Pe 2:9
- Isaiah 62:12 : S Ps 106:10; S Isa 35:9; S 44:23
- Isaiah 62:12 : S Ps 27:9; Isa 42:16; S 54:6