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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Your children will commit themselves to you, O Jerusalem, just as a young man commits himself to his bride. Then God will rejoice over you as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride.

Context of Isaiah 62:5

3You will be a crown of splendor in the Lord’s hand, a royal diadem in the hand of your God. 4No 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. 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. 6I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, 7and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of 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 49:18Lift up your eyes and look around; all your children gather and come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “you will wear them all as ornaments; you will put them on, like a bride.
• Psalms 45:11Let the king be enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord.
• Jeremiah 32:41I will rejoice in doing them good and will assuredly plant them in this land with all my heart and soul.
• Isaiah 62:4No 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.
• Isaiah 65:19I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more.
• Hebrews 12:2fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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