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Isaiah 62 Catholic Public Domain Version
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1 For the sake of Zion, I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem, I will not rest, until her Just One advances in splendor, and her Savior is kindled like a lamp.
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 Gentiles will see your Just One, and all the kings will see your Renowned One. And you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord will choose.
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 shall be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem 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 no longer be called Forsaken. And your land will no longer be called Desolate. Instead, you shall be called My Will within it, and your land shall be called Inhabited. For the Lord has been well pleased with you, and your land will be inhabited.
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 the young man will live with the virgin, and your children will live with you. And the groom will rejoice over the bride, and your God will rejoice 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 Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have stationed watchmen all day and all night unceasingly; they will not be silent. You who are mindful of the Lord, you should not be silent,
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 you should not grant silence to him, until he makes firm and establishes Jerusalem as a praise upon 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 sworn with his right hand and with the arm of his strength: “Certainly, I will no longer permit your grain to be the food of your enemies. And the sons of foreigners will not drink your wine, for which you have labored.”
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 For those who gather it will eat it, and they will praise the Lord. And those who bring it together will drink it in my holy courts.
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 Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare a way for the people! Make the road level, remove the stones, and lift up a sign for the people!
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 Behold, the Lord has caused it to be heard to the ends of the earth. Tell the daughter of Zion: “Behold, your Savior approaches! Behold, his reward is with him, and his work 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 call them: The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord. Then you will be called: A city sought, and not forsaken.
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).
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“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)