Isaiah 62:4
Context
4It will no longer be said to you, “Forsaken,”
         Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”;
         But you will be called, “My delight is in her,”
         And your land, “Married”;
         For the LORD delights in you,
         And to Him your land will be married.

5For as a young man marries a virgin,
         So your sons will marry you;
         And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
         So your God will rejoice over you.

6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;
         All day and all night they will never keep silent.
         You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves;

7And give Him no rest until He establishes
         And makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,
         “I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies;
         Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

9But those who garner it will eat it and praise the LORD;
         And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.

10Go through, go through the gates,
         Clear the way for the people;
         Build up, build up the highway,
         Remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples.

11Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth,
         Say to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your salvation comes;
         Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”

12And they will call them, “The holy people,
         The redeemed of the LORD”;
         And you will be called, “Sought out, a city not forsaken.”



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Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Thou 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 Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt no more be called Forsaken: and thy land shall no more be called Desolate: but thou shalt be called My pleasure in her, and thy land inhabited. Because the Lord hath been well pleased with thee: and thy land shall be inhabited.

Darby Bible Translation
Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

English Revised Version
Thou 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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou 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.

World English Bible
You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land shall be married.

Young's Literal Translation
It is not said of thee any more, 'Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, 'Desolate,' For to thee is cried, 'My delight is in her,' And to thy land, 'Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married.
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Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

A Call to Prayer and Testimony
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891

The Ministry of Intercession
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Andrew Murray—The Ministry of Intercession

God Seeks Intercessors
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Andrew Murray—The Ministry of Intercession

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And the Manner of his Entry into Jerusalem, which was the Capital of Judæa...
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Irenæus—The Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching

Man's Crown and God's
'In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty.'--ISAIAH xxviii. 5. 'Thou shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord.'--ISAIAH lxii 3. Connection of first prophecy--destruction of Samaria. Its situation, crowning the hill with its walls and towers, its fertile 'fat valley,' the flagrant immorality and drunkenness of its inhabitants, and its final ruin, are all presented in the highly imaginative picture of its fall as being like the trampling
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

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Andrew Murray—The Ministry of Intercession

Twenty-Fourth Day for the Spirit on Your Own Congregation
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Andrew Murray—The Ministry of Intercession

A Model of Intercession
"And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and shall say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine is come unto me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him; and he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: I cannot rise and give thee? I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet, because of his importunity, he will arise and give him as many as he needeth."--LUKE xi. 5-8.
Andrew Murray—The Ministry of Intercession

"And He is the Propitiation,"
1 John ii. 2.--"And he is the propitiation," &c. Here is the strength of Christ's plea, and ground of his advocation, that "he is the propitiation." The advocate is the priest, and the priest is the sacrifice, and such efficacy this sacrifice hath, that the propitiatory sacrifice may be called the very propitiation and pacification for sin. Here is the marrow of the gospel, and these are the breasts of consolation which any poor sinner might draw by faith, and bring out soul refreshment. But truly,
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

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