Isa 62:1
62:1 For Zion's sake I will not {a} hold my peace, and for
     Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until its righteousness
     shall go forth as {b} brightness, and its salvation as a
     lamp [that] burneth.

     (a) The prophet says that he will never cease to declare to
         the people the good tidings of their deliverance.
     (b) Till they have full deliverance: and this the prophet
         speaks to encourage all other ministers to the setting
         forth of God's mercies toward his Church.

Isa 62:2
62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings
     thy glory: and thou shalt be called by {c} a new name,
     which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

     (c) You will have a more excellent fame than you have had
         till now.

Isa 62:3
62:3 Thou shalt also be a {d} crown of glory in the hand of the
     LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

     (d) He will value you as dear and precious as a king does
         his crown.

Isa 62:4
62:4 Thou shalt no more be termed {e} 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 {f} married.

     (e) You will no longer be contemned as a woman forsaken by
         her husband.
     (f) That it may be replenished with children.

Isa 62:5
62:5 For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons
     {g} marry thee: and [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the
     bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee.

     (g) As they confess one faith and religion with you, they
         are in the same bond of marriage with you, and they are
         called the children of the Church, as Christ makes her
         plentiful to bring forth children to him.

Isa 62:6
62:6 I have set {h} watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,
     [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: {i} ye
     that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

     (h) Prophets, pastors and ministers.
     (i) He exhorts the ministers never to cease to call on God
         by prayer for the deliverance of his Church and to
         teach others to do the same.

Isa 62:7
62:7 And give him no rest, till he shall establish, and till he
     shall make Jerusalem a {k} praise in the earth.

     (k) For the restoration of which all the world will praise
         him.

Isa 62:10
62:10 {l} 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.

      (l) Signifying the great number that would come to the
          Church, and what means he would prepare for the
          restitution of the same, as in @Isa 57:14.

Isa 62:11
62:11 Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed to the end of the world,
      {m} Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation
      cometh; behold, his reward [is] with him, and {n} his work
      before him.

      (m) You prophets and ministers show the people of this
          their deliverance: which was chiefly meant of our
          salvation by Christ, @Zec 9:9, Mt 21:5.
      (n) He will have all power to bring his purpose to pass,
          as in @Isa 40:10.

Isa 62:12
62:12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of
      the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A {o} city
      not forsaken.

      (o) That is, one over whom God has had a singular care to
          recover her when she was lost.



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