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Isaiah 62:4

No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

World English Bible

You will not be called Forsaken any more, nor will your land be called Desolate any more; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD delights in you, and your land will be married.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Geneva Bible 1599

It shall no more be sayd vnto thee, Forsaken, neither shall it be said any more to thy land, Desolate, but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord deliteth in thee, and thy land shall haue an husband.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Young's Literal Translation

It is not said of thee any more, 'Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, 'Desolate,' For to thee is cried, 'My delight [is] in her,' And to thy land, 'Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married.

Bible in Basic English

You will not now be named, She who is given up; and your land will no longer be named, The waste land: but you will have the name, My pleasure is in her, and your land will be named, Married: for the Lord has pleasure in you, and your land will be married.

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Cross references

“shalt no”

Isaiah 62:12 1 Peter 2:10 Isaiah 54:1 Isaiah 49:14 Romans 9:25–27 Hebrews 13:5

Isaiah 62:12 · BSB

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

1 Peter 2:10 · BSB

Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Isaiah 54:1 · BSB

“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

Isaiah 49:14 · BSB

But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”

Romans 9:25–27 · BSB

As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”

Hebrews 13:5 · BSB

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

“Hephzibah”

Zephaniah 3:17 Jeremiah 32:41 Psalm 149:4 Isaiah 62:5

Zephaniah 3:17 · BSB

The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”

Jeremiah 32:41 · BSB

Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

Psalm 149:4 · BSB

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

Isaiah 62:5 · BSB

For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

“Beulah”

Isaiah 61:10 Jeremiah 3:14 2 Corinthians 11:2 Ephesians 5:25–27 Revelation 21:2 John 3:29

Isaiah 61:10 · BSB

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns…

Jeremiah 3:14 · BSB

“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.

2 Corinthians 11:2 · BSB

I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

Ephesians 5:25–27 · BSB

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

Revelation 21:2 · BSB

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

John 3:29 · BSB

The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

Also

Isaiah 60:15

Isaiah 60:15 · BSB

Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.

5For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.

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