Berean Standard Bible
Isaiah 62:4
4No longer will you be called Forsaken,1 nor your land named Desolate;2 but you will be called Hephzibah,3 and your land Beulah;4 for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
Isaiah 62:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)No longer will they call you Deserted, or name your land Desolate. But you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; For the Lord delights in you, And your land shall be married.
Context of Isaiah 62:4
2Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. 3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God. No 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 be His bride. 5For 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. 6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
Read all of Isaiah 62Isaiah 62:4 word by word
לֹֽא־יֵאָמֵר֩ לָ֨ךְ ע֜וֹד עֲזוּבָ֗ה וּלְאַרְצֵךְ֙ לֹא־יֵאָמֵ֥ר עוֹד֙ שְׁמָמָ֔ה כִּ֣י לָ֗ךְ יִקָּרֵא֙ חֶפְצִי־בָ֔הּ וּלְאַרְצֵ֖ךְ בְּעוּלָ֑ה כִּֽי־חָפֵ֤ץ יְהוָה֙ בָּ֔ךְ וְאַרְצֵ֖ךְ תִּבָּעֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
- Noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- longerעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750
- will you be calledאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- Forsakenעָזַב‛âzab · ForsakenH5800
- nor your landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- Desolateשִֽׁמְמָהshemâmâh shimâmâh · DesolateH8077
- butכִּיkîy · forH3588
- will be calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
- Hephzibahחֶפְצִי־בָהּchephtsîy bâhh · HephzibahH2657
- Beulahבָּעַלbâ‛al · MarriedH1166
- the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- will take delightחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
- will be His brideבָּעַלbâ‛al · rule: to marryH1166
Cross-references for Isaiah 62:4
- Isaiah 62:12And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
- Isaiah 32:14For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
- Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
- Isaiah 54:1“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
- Hosea 1:9And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
- Romans 9:25As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- Hebrews 13:5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- 1 Peter 2:10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
- Isaiah 62:5For 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.
- Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
- Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
- Zephaniah 3:17The 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.”
- Isaiah 54:5For your husband is your Maker— the LORD of Hosts is His name— the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
- Jeremiah 3:14“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.
- Hosea 2:19So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
Commentaries on Isaiah 62:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Thy land Beulah - בעולה beulah, married. In the prophets, a desolate land is represented under the notion of a widow; an inhabited land, under that of a married woman, who has both a husband and children.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken - That is, thou shalt be no more so forsaken as to make such an I appellation proper. This refers to the new name which the prophet says Isaiah 62:2 will be conferred on her. Neither shall thy land - Thy country shall no more be so wasted that the term desolation (שׁממה shemâmâh Greek ̓́ erēmos ) shall be properly applied to it. But thou shalt be called Hepzi-bah - Margin, as Hebrew, My delight is in her.‘ The idea…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4Forsaken: During the exile in Babylon, the Lord left his people to face the judgment they deserved (Isaiah 54:7). His bride: The people will be "married" to the Lord, symbolizing a close covenant relationship (Isaiah 54:5; Hosea 1–3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. be termed--be "forsaken," so as that that term could be applicable to thee. Hephzi-bah--(2Ki 21:1), the name of Hezekiah's wife, a type of Jerusalem, as Hezekiah was of Messiah (Is 32:1): "my delight is in her." Beulah--"Thou art married." See the same contrast of Zion's past and future state under the same figure (Is 54:4-6; Re 21:2, 4). land ... married--to Jehovah as its Lord and Husband: implying not only ownership, but protection on the part of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 62
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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