Isaiah 62:5
in Isaiah 62For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
KJV
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
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This verse in Isaiah 62
Commentary
11 notes on this verse(Verse 5.) For a young man shall dwell with a virgin, and your sons shall dwell in you. And your God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride. LXX: And as a young man dwells with a virgin, so shall your sons dwell in you. And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall the Lord rejoice over you. And the Apostle says: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the Church (Ephesians 5:25).
This site's exposition
You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD
on Isaiah 62:3-5
Zion becomes “a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD”, held by God Himself. Two names are withdrawn, “Forsaken” and “Desolate”, and two are given, Hephzibah, my delight is in her, and Beulah, married. The figure closes on a wedding: “as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride”.
This site's exposition
so your sons will marry you
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown change the Hebrew vowel points to read your builder for your sons, which makes God the bridegroom who marries Zion. Ephrem keeps sons and takes them as the apostles, priests and righteous who head the church. Barnes cites an eastern custom of youths marrying only virgins.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
"As a young man marries a virgin." This is said to the church about the time in the beginning when it was constituted from the Jewish tribes. For the godly disciples were Jewish according to their human origin, but they stood out from the others and took the lead since they had apostolic status. Yet they retained a great love and respect for their religion, so that there seemed to be great affection toward it as a man ought to feel toward a young virgin bride when he lies with her.… "The Lord will rejoice over you." … For the only-begotten Word of God came down from heaven to make the church fertile, which he presented to himself as a pure virgin, without spot or stain, wholly blameless. She received from him the seeds of the evangelical citizenship, became pregnant and gave birth, not with blood … but rather as one shaped to the beauty of the truth.
"For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you." He calls sons the apostles, the priests and the righteous ones of the church, who constitute the head of the body of the church, as the husband is the head of …
The Medieval Church1 voice
1089. Second, as to the joy of the inhabitants of the city; both as to boys: for the young man shall dwell with the virgin; and as to grown men: and your sons shall dwell in you; and as to married men: and the bridegroom …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee,....
And here it is the church's Maker that is her husband: The Lord delights in thee. God by his grace has wrought that in his church which makes her his delight, she being refined, and reformed, and brought home to him; and then by his providence he does that for her which makes it appear that she is his delight and that he delights to do her good.
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The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
For as a young man marrieth a virgin - Roberts remarks on this, ‘In general no youth marries a widow. Such a thing I scarcely ever heard of (in India), nor will it ever be except under some very extraordinary circumstances, as in the case of a queen, princess, or great heiress. Even widowers also, if possible, always marry virgins.’ The idea here is, that Yahweh would have delight in his people, which would be properly represented by the affection which a young man has for his bride.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
thy sons--rather, changing the points, which are of no authority in Hebrew, "thy builder" or "restorer," that is, God; for in the parallel clause, and in Isa 62:4, God is implied as being "married" to her; whereas her "sons" could hardly be said to marry their mother; and in Isa 49:18, they are said to be her bridal ornaments, not her husband.
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For as a young man - so - The particles of comparison are not at present in the Hebrew Text: but the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee seem to have read in their copies כ caph prefixed to the verb, כי כיבעל ki keyibal which seems to have been omitted by mistake of a transcriber, occasioned by the repetition of the same two letters. And before the verb in the second line a MS. adds כן ken, so; which the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee seem also to have had in their copies. In the third line of this verse the same MS. has in like manner וכמשוש vechimsos, and two MSS. and the Babylonish Talmud כמשוש kimsos, adding the כ caph; and in the fourth line, the Babylonish Talmud likewise adds כן ken, so, before the verb. Sir John Chardin, in his note on this place, tells us, “that it is the custom in the east for youths, that were never married, always to marry virgins; and widowers, however young, to marry widows.” - Harmer, Observ. 2 p. 482. So shall thy sons marry thee - For בניך banayich, thy sons, Bishop Lowth reads, restorer or builder, as he does not consider the word as the plural of בן ben, a son, but the participle benoni of the verb בנה banah, he built. I do not see that we gain much by this translation. Thy sons shall dwell in thee, Vulgate; and so the Septuagint and Chaldee.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יִבְעַ֤ל | yival | he marries | H1166 → | 15 times |
| בָּחוּר֙ | bachur | a young man | H970 → | 44 times |
| בְּתוּלָ֔ה | betulah | a young woman | H1330 → | 50 times |
| יִבְעָל֖וּךְ | yivalukh | they will marry you | H1166 → | 15 times |
| בָּנָ֑יִךְ | banayikh | sons your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּמְשׂ֤וֹשׂ | umesos | and [the] joy of | H4885 → | 17 times |
| חָתָן֙ | chatan | a bridegroom | H2860 → | |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כַּלָּ֔ה | kalah | a bride | H3618 → | 34 times |
| יָשִׂ֥ישׂ | yasis | he will rejoice | H7797 → | 27 times |
| עָלַ֖יִךְ | ʾalayikh | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ | ʾelohayikh | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יִבְעַ֤לhe marries
yivalH1166 →15 times
בָּחוּר֙a young man
bachurH970 →44 times
בְּתוּלָ֔הa young woman
betulahH1330 →50 times
יִבְעָל֖וּךְthey will marry you
yivalukhH1166 →15 times
בָּנָ֑יִךְsons your
banayikhH1121 →4930 times
וּמְשׂ֤וֹשׂand [the] joy of
umesosH4885 →17 times
חָתָן֙a bridegroom
chatanH2860 →
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
כַּלָּ֔הa bride
kalahH3618 →34 times
יָשִׂ֥ישׂhe will rejoice
yasisH7797 →27 times
עָלַ֖יִךְon you
ʾalayikhH5921 →5755 times
אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃God your
ʾelohayikhH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
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Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
it leads to
- Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- 1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- 1 Peter 2:23–24
When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
- Hebrews 1:3
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the…
- Philippians 1:6
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
- Micah 7:7
Through
Isaiah 62:4No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will…
it leads to
- Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
- Hosea 2:19–20
So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
- Isaiah 62:12
And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
- Zephaniah 3:17
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cyril of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 5:5.62:3-5; Ephrem the Syrian, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 62:5; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.