Assurance of Zion’s Salvation
62 For Zion’s sake I will not [a]hold My peace,
And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,
And her salvation as a lamp that burns.
2 (A)The Gentiles shall see your righteousness,
And all (B)kings your glory.
(C)You shall be called by a new name,
Which the mouth of the Lord will name.
3 You shall also be (D)a crown of glory
In the hand of the Lord,
And a royal diadem
In the hand of your God.
4 (E)You shall no longer be termed (F)Forsaken,[b]
Nor shall your land any more be termed (G)Desolate;[c]
But you shall be called [d]Hephzibah, and your land [e]Beulah;
For the Lord delights in you,
And your land shall be married.
5 For as a young man marries a virgin,
So shall your sons marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
(H)So shall your God rejoice over you.
6 (I)I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
They shall [f]never hold their peace day or night.
You who [g]make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent,
7 And give Him no rest till He establishes
And till He makes Jerusalem (J)a praise in the earth.
8 The Lord has sworn by His right hand
And by the arm of His strength:
“Surely I will no longer (K)give your grain
As food for your enemies;
And the sons of the foreigner shall not drink your new wine,
For which you have labored.
9 But those who have gathered it shall eat it,
And praise the Lord;
Those who have brought it together shall drink it (L)in My holy courts.”
10 Go through,
Go through the gates!
(M)Prepare the way for the people;
Build up,
Build up the highway!
Take out the stones,
(N)Lift up a banner for the peoples!
11 Indeed the Lord has proclaimed
To the end of the world:
(O)“Say to the daughter of Zion,
‘Surely your salvation is coming;
Behold, His (P)reward is with Him,
And His [h]work before Him.’ ”
12 And they shall call them The Holy People,
The Redeemed of the Lord;
And you shall be called Sought Out,
A City Not Forsaken.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:1 keep silent
- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Azubah
- Isaiah 62:4 Heb. Shemamah
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. My Delight Is in Her
- Isaiah 62:4 Lit. Married
- Isaiah 62:6 not be silent
- Isaiah 62:6 remember
- Isaiah 62:11 recompense
Cross references
- Isaiah 62:2 : Is. 60:3
- Isaiah 62:2 : Ps. 102:15, 16; 138:4, 5; 148:11, 13
- Isaiah 62:2 : Is. 62:4, 12; 65:15
- Isaiah 62:3 : Is. 28:5; Zech. 9:16; 1 Thess. 2:19
- Isaiah 62:4 : Hos. 1:10; 1 Pet. 2:10
- Isaiah 62:4 : Is. 49:14; 54:6, 7
- Isaiah 62:4 : Is. 54:1
- Isaiah 62:5 : Is. 65:19
- Isaiah 62:6 : Is. 52:8; Jer. 6:17; Ezek. 3:17; 33:7
- Isaiah 62:7 : Is. 60:18; 61:11; Jer. 33:9; Zeph. 3:19, 20
- Isaiah 62:8 : Lev. 26:16; Deut. 28:31, 33; Judg. 6:3–6; Is. 1:7; Jer. 5:17
- Isaiah 62:9 : Deut. 12:12; 14:23, 26
- Isaiah 62:10 : Is. 40:3; 57:14
- Isaiah 62:10 : Is. 11:12
- Isaiah 62:11 : Zech. 9:9; Matt. 21:5; John 12:15
- Isaiah 62:11 : Is. 40:10; [Rev. 22:12]