Zion's vindication drives this chapter: the speaker will not hold his peace until her righteousness goes forth as brightness. Nations and kings will see her glory, and she receives a new name from Jehovah's own mouth, no longer Forsaken and Desolate but Hephzi-bah ("my delight is in her") and Beulah ("married"), for as a bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so God rejoices over her. Watchmen posted on Jerusalem's walls are charged to give Jehovah no rest until he makes the city a praise in the earth. Jehovah swears by his right hand that enemies will no more eat her grain or drink her new wine. Commands follow (go through the gates, cast up the highway, lift up an ensign) and a proclamation to the daughter of Zion: her salvation comes, and she will be called "Sought out, a city not forsaken."

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary, John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and John Calvin, Commentaries.

Context

Prophecy · Isaiah — Isaiah overview

A. 1–5 Thou Shalt Be Called Hephzibah, and Thy Land Beulah
B. 6–12 Watchmen Who Never Hold Their Peace: Prepare the Highway

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Isaiah 623 verses
- Isaiah 62:4Thou 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.
- Isaiah 62:6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
- Isaiah 62:12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
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Isaiah 653 verses
- Isaiah 65:15And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:
- Isaiah 65:19And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
- Isaiah 65:21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
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Zechariah 92 verses
- Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
- Zechariah 9:16And the Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.
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Zephaniah 32 verses
- Zephaniah 3:17The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
- Zephaniah 3:19Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
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Isaiah 321 verse
- Isaiah 32:15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
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Genesis 171 verse
- Genesis 17:5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
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Isaiah 281 verse
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