Isaiah 62:3-5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 62:1-12

Good news for the exiles (61:1-62:12)God’s Spirit gives the prophet some good news to pass on to the Jews held captive in Babylon. They will be released to return to their land, but their captors will be punished (61:1-2). When they arrive in Jerusalem, they may be overcome with grief because of the ruin and devastation they see around them. But God will encourage and strengthen them so that they can rebuild their beloved city (3-4).Foreigners will carry out the everyday duties for the Jews and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 62:3

crown = bridal crown. Hebrew. 'atarah, as in Isaiah 28:5 . 2 Samuel 12:30 . Song of Solomon 3:11 . glory = beauty. God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 62:4

Forsaken. Hebrew. Azubah . From azab . See note on Isaiah 1:4 . Desolate. Hebrew. Shemamah . See note on Isaiah 1:7 . Hephzi-bah, which synchronized with this prophecy. See note on 2 Kings 21:1 . Beulah. Hebrew. Be'ulah = married. See note above. Note the Alternation in this verse. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 62:5

thy sons marry thee. Note the Figure of speech Catachresis ( App-6 ) . See note on marry, below. marry = own, or possess. Hebrew. ba'al = to become an owner, or husband of a wife. See Isaiah 62:4 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 62:3

"Thou shalt also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Jehovah, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land be termed any more Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. 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."There is no indication whatever... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 62:3

Isaiah 62:3. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory— The meaning of this metaphorical expression is, that God would hold fast in his hand, and in the very palm of it, his church, as a thing extremely dear and precious to him. The last clause should be rendered, And a royal diadem in the palm of thy God. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 62:4

Isaiah 62:4. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken— The prophet had said in the second verse, that the church should be called by a new name, which name is here expressed: that is to say, a new attribute should be discovered in the church, which had hitherto not been seen in her; namely, that she should receive a husband who had till now sat as a widow. חפציאּבה Chephzi-bah, would better be rendered, my delight is in her, בעולה and Beulah, married. See Ephesians 5:25. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 62:5

Isaiah 62:5. For as a young man marrieth a virgin— Bishop Lowth justly observes, that in the passage before us, instead of sons we should read builder or creator; for the word is not in the plural of בן ben, a son, but of the participle benomi, from the verb בנה banah; and is parallel and synonymous to אלהיךֶ elohaiik, thy God, in the alternate member of this sentence. Compare chap. Isaiah 54:5. This reading will clear the prophet from the idea of representing Jerusalem as guilty of incest, in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 62:3

3. ( :-) in . . . hand of . . . Lord—As a crown is worn on the head, not "in the hand," hand must here be figurative for "under the Lord's protection" (compare :-). "All His saints are in thy hand." His people are in His hand at the same time that they are "a crown of glory" to Him (Revelation 6:2; Revelation 19:12); reciprocally, He is "a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty" to them (Revelation 19:12- :; compare Malachi 3:17). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 62:4

4. be termed—be "forsaken," so as that that term could be applicable to thee. Hephzi-bah— ( :-), the name of Hezekiah's wife, a type of Jerusalem, as Hezekiah was of Messiah (Isaiah 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 (Isaiah 54:4-6; Revelation 21:2; Revelation 21:4). land . . . married—to Jehovah as its Lord and Husband: implying not only ownership, but protection on the part of the Owner... read more

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