Focused Passage

Isaiah 62:6-12

Zion’s Righteousness Shines and the LORD Gives Her a New Name

From the speaker’s refusal to be silent until Zion shines, to nations and kings seeing her glory, to the LORD giving a new name, to Zion becoming a crown in the LORD’s hand, to forsakenness and desolation being replaced by delight and marriage, to watchmen giving the LORD no rest, to the LORD swearing harvest security, to the command to prepare the highway and announce the Savior’s coming, to the restored people receiving names of holiness, redemption, sought-after status, and no-longer-deserted identity.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

6 On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

7 nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.

8 The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.

9 For those who harvest grain will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather grapes will drink the wine in My holy courts.”

10 Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!

11 Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the ends of the earth, “Say to Daughter Zion: See, your Savior comes! Look, His reward is with Him, and His recompense goes before Him.”

12 And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.

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References and Original Words

Verse 6

Original words

On עַל־ H5921 Preposition your walls חוֹמֹתַ֣יִךְ H2346 Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular O Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular I have posted הִפְקַ֙דְתִּי֙ H6485 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular watchmen שֹֽׁמְרִ֔ים H8104 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural they will never תָּמִ֖יד H8548 Adverb . . . לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle be silent יֶחֱשׁ֑וּ H2814 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural day כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . הַיּ֧וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular or night וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct . . . הַלַּ֛יְלָה H3915 Article | Noun - masculine singular You who call הַמַּזְכִּרִים֙ H2142 Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker on the LORD יְהוָ֔ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular shall take no אַל־ H408 Adverb rest דֳּמִ֖י H1824 Noun - masculine singular for yourselves לָכֶֽם׃ Preposition | second person masculine plural
Verse 7

Original words

nor וְאַֽל־ H408 Conjunctive waw | Adverb give תִּתְּנ֥וּ H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Him ל֑וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular any rest דֳמִ֖י H1824 Noun - masculine singular until עַד־ H5704 Preposition He establishes יְכוֹנֵ֞ן H3559 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . וְעַד־ H5704 Conjunctive waw | Preposition - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker Jerusalem יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֛ם H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular and makes her יָשִׂ֧ים H7760 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the praise תְּהִלָּ֖ה H8416 Noun - feminine singular of the earth בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ H776 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 8

Original words

The LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular has sworn נִשְׁבַּ֧ע H7650 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular by His right hand בִּֽימִינ֖וֹ H3225 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular and by His mighty עֻזּ֑וֹ H5797 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular arm וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ H2220 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Never אִם־ H518 Conjunction again ע֤וֹד H5750 Adverb will I give אֶתֵּן֩ H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker your grain דְּגָנֵ֨ךְ H1715 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular to your enemies לְאֹ֣יְבַ֔יִךְ H341 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular for food מַֽאֲכָל֙ H3978 Noun - masculine singular nor will וְאִם־ H518 Conjunction foreigners בְנֵֽי־ H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . נֵכָר֙ H5236 Noun - masculine singular drink יִשְׁתּ֤וּ H8354 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural the new wine תִּֽירוֹשֵׁ֔ךְ H8492 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular for which אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative you have toiled יָגַ֖עַתְּ H3021 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular
Verse 9

Original words

For כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction those who harvest [grain] מְאַסְפָיו֙ H622 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular will eat it יֹאכְלֻ֔הוּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular and praise וְהִֽלְל֖וּ H1984 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular and those who gather [grapes] וּֽמְקַבְּצָ֥יו H6908 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular will drink the wine יִשְׁתֻּ֖הוּ H8354 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular in My holy קָדְשִֽׁי׃ס H6944 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular courts בְּחַצְר֥וֹת H2691 Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct
Verse 10

Original words

Go out עִבְר֤וּ H5674 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural go out עִבְרוּ֙ H5674 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural through the gates בַּשְּׁעָרִ֔ים H8179 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural prepare פַּנּ֖וּ H6437 Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural the way דֶּ֣רֶךְ H1870 Noun - common singular construct for the people הָעָ֑ם H5971 Article | Noun - masculine singular Build it up סֹ֣לּוּ H5549 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural build up סֹ֤לּוּ H5549 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural the highway הַֽמְסִלָּה֙ H4546 Article | Noun - feminine singular clear away סַקְּל֣וּ H5619 Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural the stones מֵאֶ֔בֶן H68 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular raise הָרִ֥ימוּ H7311 Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural a banner נֵ֖ס H5251 Noun - masculine singular for עַל־ H5921 Preposition the nations הָעַמִּֽים׃ H5971 Article | Noun - masculine plural
Verse 11

Original words

Behold הִנֵּ֣ה H2009 Interjection the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular has proclaimed הִשְׁמִ֙יעַ֙ H8085 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the ends קְצֵ֣ה H7097 Noun - masculine singular construct of the earth הָאָ֔רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular Say אִמְרוּ֙ H559 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural to Daughter לְבַת־ H1323 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct Zion צִיּ֔וֹן H6726 Noun - proper - feminine singular See הִנֵּ֥ה H2009 Interjection your Savior יִשְׁעֵ֖ךְ H3468 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular comes בָּ֑א H935 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Look הִנֵּ֤ה H2009 Interjection His reward שְׂכָרוֹ֙ H7939 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular is with Him אִתּ֔וֹ H854 Preposition | third person masculine singular and His recompense וּפְעֻלָּת֖וֹ H6468 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular goes before Him לְפָנָֽיו׃ H6440 Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 12

Original words

And they will be called וְקָרְא֥וּ H7121 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural . . . לָהֶ֛ם Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural the Holy הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ H6944 Article | Noun - masculine singular People עַם־ H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct the Redeemed גְּאוּלֵ֣י H1350 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural construct of The LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular and you וְלָךְ֙ Conjunctive waw | Preposition | second person feminine singular will be called יִקָּרֵ֣א H7121 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Sought Out דְרוּשָׁ֔ה H1875 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular A City עִ֖יר H5892 Noun - feminine singular Not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle Forsaken נֶעֱזָֽבָה׃ס H5800 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular

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