62:1-7Many commentators believe Isaiah is speaking in verse 1. If so, Isaiah's zeal for his people and his desire to see the work of salvation completed caused him to pray without resting, hoping that Israel would be saved. We should have Isaiah's zeal to see God's will done. This is what we mean when we pray, “May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). It is good to keep praying persistently for others.
Life Application Study BibleIsaiahChapter 62
Isaiah 62
New Living Translation · Life Application Study Bible · Original pages: 1188, 1189
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62Isaiah 62
1and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.
2The nations will see your righteousness.World leaders will be blinded by your glory.And you will be given a new nameby the LORD’s own mouth.
3The LORD will hold you in his hand for all to see—a splendid crown in the hand of God.
4Never again will you be called “The Forsaken City”*or “The Desolate Land.”*Your new name will be “The City of God’s Delight”*and “The Bride of God,”*for the LORD delights in youand will claim you as his bride.
5Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem,just as a young man commits himself to his bride.Then God will rejoice over youas a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.
6O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen on your walls;they will pray day and night, continually.Take no rest, all you who pray to the LORD.
7Give the LORD no rest until he completes his work, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth. 8The LORD has sworn to Jerusalem by his own strength: “Twill never again hand you over to your enemies. Never again will foreign warriors come and take away your grain and new wine. 9You raised the grain, and you will eat it, praising the LORD. Within the courtyards of the Temple, you yourselves will drink the wine you have pressed.” 10Go out through the gates! Prepare the highway for my people to return! Smooth out the road; pull out the boulders; raise a flag for all the nations to see. "t The LORD has sent this message to every land: 11Tell the people of Israel,* ‘Look, your Savior is coming. See, he brings his reward with him as he comes.”” 12They will be called “The Holy People” and “The People Redeemed by the LORD.” And Jerusalem will be known as “The Desirable Place” and “The City No Longer Forsaken.”
Judgment against the LORD’s Enemies
6 3 1 Who is this who comes from Edom,from the city of Bozrah,with his clothing stained red?Who is this in royal robes,
Textual footnotes
- 62:4¢ Hebrew Hephzibah, which means “my delight is in her.” 62:4d Hebrew Beulah, which means “married.”
- 62:4a Hebrew Azubah, which means “forsaken.” 62:4b Hebrew Shemamah, which means “desolate.”
- 62:11 Hebrew Teli the daughter of Zion.
Life Application Notes 2 notes
62:12The people of Jerusalem (Zion) will have new names: “The Holy People” and “The People Redeemed by the Logo.” Believers today also have new names—Christians. In 1 Peter 2:5, we are Called God’s “holy priests.”
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“It is I, the LORD, announcing your salvation! It is I, the LORD, who has the power to save!”
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