Isaiah 62 WBT
Summary: For Zion's sake the speaker will not keep silent until her righteousness shines forth like brightness, and she is given a new name by the LORD's own mouth, no longer called "Forsaken" but "Hephzibah" (my delight is in her) and her land "Beulah" (married), for the LORD delights in her as a bridegroom rejoices over a bride. Watchmen are set on Jerusalem's walls who will never keep silent day or night, reminding the LORD and giving Him no rest until Jerusalem is established and made a praise in the earth, and the LORD swears her grain and wine will no longer be given to enemies but enjoyed by those who labored for them. The people are commanded to go through the gates, prepare the way, and lift up a banner for the peoples, as the LORD proclaims to the daughter of Zion, "Behold, thy salvation cometh" (v. 11). The chapter closes naming Zion's redeemed people "The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD," and the city itself "Sought out, A city not forsaken."
1For Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness shall go forth as brightness, and its salvation as a lamp [that] burneth.
2And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
5For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons marry thee: and [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, [so] will thy God rejoice over thee.
6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
7And give him no rest, till he shall establish, and till he shall make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn [to be] food for thy enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast labored:
9But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have collected it shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
10Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
11Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed to the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; Behold, his reward [is] with him, and his work before him.
12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
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