Isaiah 62–63

Chapter 62

Zion’s Glory and New Name

¹For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,

And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet,

Until her ^arighteousness goes forth like brightness,

And her ^bsalvation like a torch that is burning.

²The ^anations will see your righteousness,

And all kings your glory;

And you will be called by a new ^bname

Which the mouth of the Lord will designate.

³You will also be a ^acrown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,

And a royal ¹diadem in the hand of your God.

⁴It will no longer be said to you, “^1aForsaken,”

Nor to your land will it any longer be said, “²Desolate”;

But you will be called, “³My delight is in her,”

And your land, “^4bMarried”;

For the ^cLord delights in you,

And to Him your land will be married.

⁵For as a young man marries a virgin,

So your sons will marry you;

And as the ¹bridegroom rejoices over the bride,

So your ^aGod will rejoice over you.

⁶On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed ^awatchmen;

All day and all night they will never keep silent.

You who ^bremind the Lord, take no rest for yourselves;

⁷And ^agive Him no rest until He establishes

And makes ^bJerusalem a praise in the earth.

^8aThe Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,

“I will ^bnever again give your grain as food for your enemies;

Nor will ¹foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

⁹But those who ^agarner it will eat it and praise the Lord;

And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.

¹⁰Go through, ^ago through the gates,

Clear the way ¹for the people;

^bBuild up, build up the ^chighway,

Remove the stones, lift up a ^dstandard over the peoples.

¹¹Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the ^aend of the earth,

^bSay to the daughter of Zion, “Lo, your ^csalvation comes;

^dBehold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.”

¹²And they will call them, “^aThe holy people,

The ^bredeemed of the Lord”;

And you will be called, “Sought out, a city ^cnot forsaken.”

Chapter 63

God’s Vengeance on the Nations

¹Who is this who comes from ^aEdom,

With ^bgarments of ¹glowing colors from ^cBozrah,

This One who is majestic in His apparel,

²Marching in the greatness of His strength?

“It is I who speak in righteousness, ^dmighty to save.”

²Why is Your apparel red,

And Your garments like the one who ^atreads in the wine press?

³“^aI have trodden the wine trough alone,

And from the peoples there was no man with Me.

I also ^btrod them in My anger

And ^ctrampled them in My wrath;

And ^dtheir ¹lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments,

And I ²stained all My raiment.

⁴“For the ^aday of vengeance was in My heart,

And My year of redemption has come.

⁵“I looked, and there was ^ano one to help,

And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold;

So My ^bown arm brought salvation to Me,

And My wrath upheld Me.

⁶“I ^atrod down the peoples in My anger

And made them ^bdrunk in My wrath,

And I ¹poured out their lifeblood on the earth.”

God’s Ancient Mercies Recalled

⁷I shall make mention of the ^alovingkindnesses of the Lord, the praises of the Lord,

According to all that the Lord has granted us,

And the great ^bgoodness toward the house of Israel,

Which He has granted them according to His ^ccompassion

And according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.

⁸For He said, “Surely, they are ^aMy people,

Sons who will not deal falsely.”

So He became their ^bSavior.

⁹In all their affliction ^1aHe was afflicted,

And the ^bangel of His presence saved them;

In His ^clove and in His mercy He ^dredeemed them,

And He ^elifted them and carried them all the days of old.

¹⁰But they ^arebelled

And grieved His ^bHoly Spirit;

Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy,

He fought against them.

¹¹Then ^aHis people remembered the days of old, of Moses.

Where is ^bHe who brought them up out of the sea with the ¹shepherds of His flock?

Where is He who ^cput His Holy Spirit in the midst of ²them,

¹²Who caused His ^aglorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses,

Who ^bdivided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name,

¹³Who led them through the depths?

Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not ^astumble;

¹⁴As the cattle which go down into the valley,

The Spirit of the ^aLord gave ¹them rest.

So You ^bled Your people,

To make for Yourself a glorious name.

“You Are Our Father”

^15aLook down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious ^bhabitation;

Where are Your ^czeal and Your mighty deeds?

The ^dstirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me.

¹⁶For You are our ^aFather, though ^bAbraham does not know us

And Israel does not recognize us.

You, O Lord, are our Father,

Our ^cRedeemer from of old is Your name.

¹⁷Why, O Lord, do You ^acause us to stray from Your ways

And ^bharden our heart from fearing You?

^cReturn for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage.

¹⁸Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while,

Our adversaries have ^atrodden it down.

¹⁹We have become like those over whom You have never ruled,

Like those who were not called by Your name.