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Isaiah 62 Bible in Basic English
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1 Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
1 For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
2 And the nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you will have a new name, given by the mouth of the Lord.
2 The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name, which Yahweh’s mouth will name.
3 And you will be a fair crown in the hand of the Lord, and a king's head-dress in the hand of your God.
3 You will also be a crown of beauty in Yahweh’s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand.
4 You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.
4 You will not be called Forsaken any more, nor will your land be called Desolate any more; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married.
5 For as a young man takes a virgin for his wife, so will your maker be married to you: and as a husband has joy in his bride, so will the Lord your God be glad over you.
5 For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
6 I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,
6 I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
7 And give him no rest, till he puts Jerusalem in her place to be praised in the earth.
7 and give him no rest until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise on the earth.
8 The Lord has taken an oath by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Truly, I will no longer give your grain to be food for your haters; and men of strange countries will not take the wine for which your work has been done:
8 Yahweh has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, “Surely I will no more give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners will not drink your new wine, for which you have labored,
9 But those who have got in the grain will have it for their food, and will give praise to the Lord; and those who have got in the grapes will take the wine of them in the open places of my holy house.
9 but those who have harvested it will eat it, and praise Yahweh. Those who have gathered it will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”
10 Go through, go through the doors; make ready the way of the people; let the highway be lifted up; let the stones be taken away; let a flag be lifted up over the peoples.
10 Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! Build up, build up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples.
11 The Lord has sent out word to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your saviour comes; those whom he has made free are with him, and those to whom he has given salvation go before him.
11 Behold, Yahweh has proclaimed to the end of the earth: “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your salvation comes! Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him!’”
12 And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.
12 They will call them “The Holy People, Yahweh’s Redeemed”. You will be called “Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken”.
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 62:6–7; Proverbs 4:18; Psalm 102:13–16; Isaiah 32:15–17; Luke 2:30–32
- 2 Isaiah 62:12; Isaiah 65:15; Revelation 2:17; Isaiah 66:12; Genesis 17:5
- 3 Isaiah 28:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:19; Zechariah 9:16; Luke 2:14
- 4 Zephaniah 3:17; Hosea 2:19–20; Isaiah 62:12; Isaiah 54:5–7; Jeremiah 32:41
- 5 Isaiah 62:4; Isaiah 65:19; Hebrews 12:2; Jeremiah 32:41; Psalm 45:11–16
- 6 Isaiah 52:8; Ezekiel 3:17–21; Psalm 134:1–2; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; Jeremiah 6:17
- 7 Zephaniah 3:19–20; Jeremiah 33:9; Isaiah 60:18; Luke 18:1–8; Matthew 6:9–10
- 8 Isaiah 65:21–23; Judges 6:3–6; Deuteronomy 28:31; Deuteronomy 28:33; Ezekiel 20:5
- 9 Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 12:7; Deuteronomy 12:12; Deuteronomy 16:14; Deuteronomy 14:23–29
- 10 Isaiah 57:14; Isaiah 40:3; Hebrews 12:13; Isaiah 49:22; Isaiah 11:10
- 11 Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:5; John 12:15; Revelation 22:12; Isaiah 40:9–10
- 12 1 Peter 2:9; Deuteronomy 26:19; Isaiah 62:4; Deuteronomy 28:9; Isaiah 35:9
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And thus He forewarns us: "Behold, the Lord [cometh], and His reward is before His face, to render to every man according to his work." He exhorts us, therefore, with our whole heart to attend to this, that we be not lazy or slothful in any good work.
For Esaias the Prophet says, Behold, thy Saviour cometh, having His own reward.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)