# Isaiah 62 📖: Zion's New Name [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Isaiah Overview]] | [[Isaiah 61]] | [[Isaiah 63]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) ### The Lord Takes Delight in Zion [[#Verse 01.]] For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch. [[#Verse 02.]] Nations will see your vindication, and all kings your splendor. You will be called by a new name that the Lord himself will give you. [[#Verse 03.]] You will be a majestic crown in the hand of the Lord, a royal turban in the hand of your God. [[#Verse 04.]] You will no longer be called, “Abandoned,” and your land will no longer be called “Desolate.” Indeed, you will be called “My Delight is in Her,” and your land “Married.” For the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him. [[#Verse 05.]] As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you. [[#Verse 06.]] I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the Lord, don’t be silent! [[#Verse 07.]] Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth. [[#Verse 08.]] The Lord swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm: “I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce. [[#Verse 09.]] But those who harvest the grain will eat it, and will praise the Lord. Those who pick the grapes will drink the wine in the courts of my holy sanctuary.” [[#Verse 10.]] Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it—Build the roadway! Remove the stones. Lift a signal flag for the nations. [[#Verse 11.]] Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him, and his reward goes before him!’” [[#Verse 12.]] They will be called, “The Holy People, the Ones Protected by the Lord.” You will be called, “Sought After, City Not Abandoned.” ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. Receiving a new name (62:2) signals a new identity, as with Abram to Abraham and Jacob to Israel. 2. Revelation 2:17 and 3:12 promise believers a new name. 3. Hephzibah (62:4) means my delight is in her. It was also the name of Hezekiah's wife, the mother of Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1). 4. Beulah (62:4) means married. The word later inspired the phrase Beulah Land in Christian hymns. 5. Forsaken and Desolate (62:4) are replaced by names of love and belonging. 6. Watchmen on the walls (62:6) were guards who called out warnings, used here as a picture of persistent prayer. 7. Jesus' parable of the persistent widow teaches the same kind of persistent prayer (Luke 18:1-8). 8. God swears by His right hand and His strong arm (62:8), the strongest possible oath. 9. Matthew 21:5 combines 62:11 with Zechariah 9:9 when Jesus rides into Jerusalem. 10. God's people will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord, and Sought After (62:12). ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the Bridegroom who rejoices over His bride (62:5). The salvation that comes to Zion (62:11) is Jesus, who came to Jerusalem as her King (Matthew 21:5), and He gives His people a new name (62:2; Revelation 2:17). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. Isaiah refuses to keep silent until Zion's righteousness shines (62:1). What or whom are you praying for persistently? 2. God gives His people new names: My Delight Is in Her and Married (62:4). How does God's view of you differ from how you see yourself? 3. God tells the watchmen to give Him no rest until He establishes Jerusalem (62:6-7). What does this teach about bold, persistent prayer? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 3: You will be a beautiful crown in the Lord's hand. - 📖 verse 5: As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, your God will rejoice over you. - 📖 verses 6-7: Watchmen on the walls, give the Lord no rest until He establishes Jerusalem. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Zephaniah 03#Verse 17.|Zephaniah 3:17]] - The Lord rejoices over you with singing. - 🔗 [[Revelation 19#Verse 07.|Revelation 19:7-8]] - The marriage of the Lamb has come. - 🔗 [[Revelation 02#Verse 17.|Revelation 2:17]] - A new name written on a white stone. - 🔗 [[Matthew 21#Verse 04.|Matthew 21:4-5]] - Your King is coming to you. - 🔗 [[Luke 18#Verse 01.|Luke 18:1-8]] - Always pray and do not give up. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Isaiah 62 - SOAP|God Rejoices Over Us]] ## 📂 Internal Notes