Isaiah 62
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God's care of his church and people
Verse 1
WEB For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns.
KJV For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
TSK Zion's: isa 62:6,7, ps 51:18, ps 102:13-16, ps 122:6-9, ps 137:6, zec 2:12, lu 10:2, 2th 3:1, heb 7:25; the righteousness: isa 1:26,27, isa 32:15-17, isa 51:5,6,9, isa 61:10,11, ps 98:1-3, pr 4:18, mic 4:2, mt 5:16, lu 2:30-32, php 2:15,16, 1pe 2:9
Verse 2
WEB The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of Yahweh shall name.
KJV And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
TSK the Gentiles: isa 49:6, isa 52:10, isa 60:1-3, isa 61:9, isa 66:12,19, mic 5:8, ac 9:15, ac 26:23, col 1:23; all kings: isa 49:23, isa 60:11,16, ps 72:10,11, ps 138:4,5; thou shalt: isa 62:4,12, isa 65:15, ge 17:5,15, ge 32:28, jer 33:16, ac 11:26, re 2:17
Verse 3
WEB You shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
KJV Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
TSK Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.: zec 9:16, lu 2:14, 1th 2:19
Verse 4
WEB 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.
KJV Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
TSK shalt no: isa 62:12, isa 32:14,15, isa 49:14, isa 54:1,6,7, ho 1:9,10, ro 9:25-27, heb 13:5, 1pe 2:10; Hephzibah: isa 62:5, ps 149:4, jer 32:41, zep 3:17; Beulah: isa 54:5, isa 61:10, jer 3:14, ho 2:19,20, joh 3:29, 2co 11:2, eph 5:25-27, re 21:2,9,10
Verse 5
WEB For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God will rejoice over you.
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.
TSK shall thy sons: isa 49:18-22, ps 45:11-16, jer 32:41; as the bridegroom rejoiceth: isa 62:4, isa 65:19, so 3:11, heb 12:2
The office of ministers in preaching the gospel
Verse 6
WEB I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: you who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
KJV I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence.
TSK set watchmen: isa 52:8, isa 56:10, 2ch 8:14, so 3:3, so 5:7, jer 6:17, eze 3:17-21, eze 33:2-9, 1co 12:28, eph 4:11,12, heb 13:17; which: isa 62:1, ps 134:1,2, re 4:6-8; make mention of the Lord: isa 43:26, ge 32:12, nu 14:17-19, ps 74:2,18, ac 10:4,31; keep: ge 32:26, mt 15:22-27, lu 11:5-13, lu 18:1-8,39, 1th 5:17, re 6:10
Verse 7
WEB and give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
KJV And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
TSK till he make: isa 62:1-3, isa 61:11, jer 33:9, zep 3:19,20, mt 6:9,10,13, re 11:15
Verse 8
WEB 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 shall not drink your new wine, for which you have labored:
KJV The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
TSK sworn: de 32:40, eze 20:5; Surely I will no more give: isa 65:21-23, le 26:16, de 28:31,33, jud 6:3-6, jer 5:17
Verse 9
WEB but those who have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Yahweh; and those who have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”
KJV But they that have gathered it shall eat it and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
TSK shall eat: de 12:7,12, de 14:23-29, de 16:11,14
Every hinderance shall be removed from the way of salvation
Verse 10
WEB Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way of the people! Cast up, cast up the highway! Gather out the stones! Lift up a banner for the peoples.
KJV Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
TSK go through: isa 18:3, isa 40:3, isa 48:20, isa 52:11, isa 57:14, ex 17:15, mt 22:9, heb 12:13; lift up: isa 11:12, isa 49:22
Verse 11
WEB 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.’”
KJV Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
TSK the Lord: ps 98:1-3, mr 16:15, ro 10:11-18; Say: isa 40:9, zec 9:9, mt 21:5, joh 12:15; his reward: isa 40:10, isa 49:4, re 22:12
Verse 12
WEB They shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of Yahweh: and you shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.
KJV And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
TSK The holy: isa 60:21, de 7:6, de 26:19, de 28:9, 1pe 2:9; The redeemed: isa 35:9, ps 107:2, 1pe 1:18,19, re 5:9; Sought out: isa 65:1, eze 34:11-16, mt 18:11-13, lu 15:4,5, lu 19:10, joh 4:23, joh 10:16; not: isa 62:4, mt 16:18, mt 28:20, heb 13:5