Isaiah 62:5

Isaiah 62:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
• New International Version (NIV)As a young man marries a young woman, so will your Builder marry you; as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so will your God rejoice over you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For as a young man marries a virgin, So shall your sons marry you; And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So shall your God rejoice over you.

Context of Isaiah 62:5

3Then you will be a beautiful crown in the hand of the Lord, a royal crown in the hand of your God. 4You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will no longer be called Destroyed. But you will be named My Delight, and your land will be named Married. The Lord is delighted with you, and your land will be married. As a young man marries a woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you. 6I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day or night. Whoever calls on the Lord, do not give yourselves any rest, 7and do not give him any rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it an object of praise throughout the earth.

Isaiah 62:5 word by word

כִּֽי־יִבְעַ֤ל בָּחוּר֙ בְּתוּלָ֔ה יִבְעָל֖וּךְ בָּנָ֑יִךְ וּמְשׂ֤וֹשׂ חָתָן֙ עַל־כַּלָּ֔ה יָשִׂ֥ישׂ עָלַ֖יִךְ אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• a young manבָּחוּרbâchûr bâchûr · youthH970
• marriethבָּעַלbâ‛al · rule: to marryH1166
• a virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• shall thy sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• the bridegroomחָתָןchâthân · son-in-lawH2860
• rejoicethמָשׂוֹשׂmâώôώ · rejoicingH4885
• over the brideכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-law: brideH3618
• shall thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• rejoiceשׂוּשׂώûώ ώîyώ · to rejoiceH7797

Cross-references for Isaiah 62:5

• Isaiah 49:18Look up, look around, and watch! All of your children are gathering together and returning to you. “I solemnly swear as I live,” declares the Lord, “you will wear all of them like jewels and display them on yourself as a bride would.”
• Psalms 45:11The king longs for your beauty. He is your Lord. Worship him.
• Jeremiah 32:41I will enjoy blessing them. With all my heart and soul I will faithfully plant them in this land.
• Isaiah 62:4You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will no longer be called Destroyed. But you will be named My Delight, and your land will be named Married. The Lord is delighted with you, and your land will be married.
• Isaiah 65:19I will rejoice about Jerusalem and be glad about my people. Screaming and crying will no longer be heard in the city.
• Hebrews 12:2We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith. He saw the joy ahead of him, so he endured death on the cross and ignored the disgrace it brought him. Now he holds the honored position—the one next to God the Father on the heavenly throne.

Commentaries on Isaiah 62:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For as a young man - so - The particles of comparison are not at present in the Hebrew Text: but the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee seem to have read in their copies כ caph prefixed to the verb, כיבעל כי ki keyibal which seems to have been omitted by mistake of a transcriber, occasioned by the repetition of the same two letters. And before the verb in the second line a MS. adds כן ken, so; which the Septuagint, Syriac, and Chaldee seem also to have had…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For as a young man marrieth a virgin - Roberts remarks on this, In general no youth marries a widow. Such a thing I scarcely ever heard of (in India), nor will it ever be except under some very extraordinary circumstances, as in the case of a queen, princess, or great heiress. Even widowers also, if possible, always marry virgins.‘ The idea here is, that Yahweh would have delight in his people, which would be properly represented by the affection which a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12The servant here commits himself to proclaiming the good news continuously until the glory of Zion is realized.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. thy sons--rather, changing the points, which are of no authority in Hebrew, "thy builder" or "restorer," that is, God; for in the parallel clause, and in Is 62:4, God is implied as being "married" to her; whereas her "sons" could hardly be said to marry their mother; and in Is 49:18, they are said to be her bridal ornaments, not her husband. The plural form, builders, is used of God in reverence as "husbands" (see on Is 54:5). over the bride--in the…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 62:5

• Church
• God Continued...
• Jerusalem
• Marriage
• Virgin

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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