Isaiah 62:4

Thou shalt he termed no longer—Forsaken Nor shall thy land be termed any longer A desolation, But, thou, shalt be called Hephzibah [="My delight is in her"], And, thy land, Beulah [="married"],—For Yahweh hath found delight in thee, And thy land, shall be married.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thou 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.

In Context

3Then shalt thou become—A crown of adorning, in the hand of Yahweh, and A royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

5For a young man marrieth, a virgin, Thy sons marry thee! And the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride—Thy God, rejoiceth over thee.

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Cross References

Psalms 16:3It belongeth unto the holy ones, whom, in his own land, Yahweh, ennobleth, In whom is all his delight

Isaiah 32:14For the palace, is abandoned, the tumult of the city, hath ceased—Hill and watch-tower, serve as caves, unto times age-abiding, The joy of wild-asses, The pasture of flocks:—

Isaiah 54:1Shout in triumph, O barren one, Who hadst not borne,—Break forth into shouts of triumph—and trill thy voice, Who hadst not travailed in birth, For, more, are the children of the Desolate Than the children of Her who had the husband, Saith Yahweh.

Isaiah 54:6For, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, hath Yahweh called thee,—Even the wife of youthful days, in that thou wast rejected saith thy God.

Isaiah 61:10I will, greatly rejoice, in Yahweh, My soul shall exult in my God, For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness, hath he enwrapt me,—As a bridegroom, adorneth himself with, a chaplet, And as a bride, bedecketh herself with, her jewels.

Isaiah 62:12So shall men call them—The holy people The redeemed of Yahweh,—And, thou, shalt be called—Sought out, A city not forsaken,

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 62:2-6

The Prosperity of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 2 And 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. 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord , and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 4 Thou shalt no more be… Read the whole commentary →

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