Isaiah 62 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 For Zions sake I will not holde my tongue, and for Ierusalems sake I wil not rest, vntil the righteousnes thereof breake foorth as the light, and saluation thereof as a burning lampe.
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 shall see thy righteousnesse, and all Kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
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 Thou shalt also be a crowne of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royall diademe in the hand of thy God.
3 You will also be a crown of beauty in Yahweh’s hand, and a royal diadem in your God’s hand.
4 It shall no more be sayd vnto thee, Forsaken, neither shall it be said any more to thy land, Desolate, but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord deliteth in thee, and thy land shall haue an husband.
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 yong man marieth a virgine, so shall thy sonnes marry thee: and as a bridegrome is glad of the bride, so shall thy God reioyce ouer thee.
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 haue set watchmen vpon thy walles, O Ierusalem, which all the day and all the night continually shall not cease: ye that are mindfull of the Lord, keepe not silence,
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 giue him no rest, till hee repaire and vntill hee set vp Ierusalem the prayse of the worlde.
7 and give him no rest until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise on the earth.
8 The Lord hath sworne by his right hand and by his strong arme, Surely I wil no more giue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies, and surely the sonnes of the strangers shall not drinke thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured.
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 they that haue gathered it, shall eate it, and prayse the Lord, and the gatherers thereof shall drinke it in the courtes of my Sanctuarie.
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 gates: prepare you the way for the people: cast vp, cast vp the way, and gather out the stones and set vp a standart 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 Beholde, the Lord hath proclaimed vnto the endes of the world: tell the daughter Zion, Beholde, thy Sauiour commeth: beholde, his wages is with him, and his worke is 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 shall call them, The holy people, the redeemed of the Lord, and thou shalt be named, A citie sought out 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
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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)