Isaiah 62 YLT

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 am not silent, And for Jerusalem's sake I do not rest, Till her righteousness go out as brightness, And her salvation, as a torch that burneth.

2And nations have seen thy righteousness, And all kings thine honour, And He is giving to thee a new name, That the mouth of Jehovah doth define.

3And thou hast been a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, And a diadem of royalty in the hand of thy God,

4It is not said of thee any more, `Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, `Desolate,' For to thee is cried, `My delight is in her,' And to thy land, `Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married.

5For a young man doth marry a virgin, Thy Builders do marry thee, With the joy of a bridegroom over a bride, Rejoice over thee doth thy God.

6`On thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, All the day, and all the night, Continually, they are not silent.' O ye remembrancers of Jehovah, Keep not silence for yourselves,

7And give not silence to Him, Till He establish, and till He make Jerusalem A praise in the earth.

8Sworn hath Jehovah by His right hand, Even by the arm of His strength: `I give not thy corn any more as food for thine enemies, Nor do sons of a stranger drink thy new wine, For which thou hast laboured.

9For, those gathering it do eat it, and have praised Jehovah, And those collecting it do drink it in My holy courts.'

10Pass ye on, pass on through the gates, Prepare ye the way of the people, Raise up, raise up the highway, clear it from stones, Lift up an ensign over the peoples.

11Lo, Jehovah hath proclaimed unto the end of the earth: `Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Lo, thy salvation hath come,' Lo, his hire is with him, and his wage before him.

12And they have cried to them, `People of the Holy One, Redeemed of Jehovah,' Yea, to thee is called, `Sought out one, a city not forsaken!'

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