Isaiah 62:4-5

Zion's Coming Salvation

4 t You shall no more be termed u Forsaken, 1
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, 2
r but you shall be called v My Delight Is in Her, 3
and your land Married; 4
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
 5 For as a young man marries a young woman,
so w shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so x shall your God rejoice over you.

  1. Cross References
    Hosea 1:10
    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, "Children of the living God.
    1 Peter 2:10
    Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
    Isaiah 54:6
    For the Lord has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:14
    But Zion said, "The Lord has forsaken me; my Lord has forgotten me.
    Isaiah 54:1
    Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the Lord.
    Isaiah 54:7
    For a brief moment I deserted you, but with great compassion I will gather you.
    Isaiah 60:15
    Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 62:2
    The nations shall see your righteousness, and all the kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will give.
  4. Cross References
    Malachi 3:12
    Then all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:18
    There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne; there is none to take her by the hand among all the sons she has brought up.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:19
    I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in my people; no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and the cry of distress.
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