Isaiah 62

Berean Standard Bible

Chapter summary

The speaker declares a persistent commitment to Zion and Jerusalem until their righteousness and salvation shine forth for nations and kings to see. Jerusalem and its land receive new names bestowed by the Lord, transforming their identity from forsaken and desolate to delighted and wedded. Watchmen are stationed upon the walls of Jerusalem to offer unceasing prayer until the Lord establishes the city as a global praise. The Lord swears an oath that enemies will no longer consume the grain and wine produced by the inhabitants, ensuring that the laborers themselves will partake of their harvest in the holy courts. Finally, a command is issued to prepare the highway through the gates for the people, proclaiming to the ends of the earth that the Savior is coming with His reward, leading to the city being named the Holy People and the Redeemed of the Lord.

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¹For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch. ²Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. ³You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God. ⁴No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. ⁵For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. ⁶On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves, ⁷nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. ⁸The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled. ⁹For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.” ¹⁰Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations! ¹¹Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.” ¹²And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

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