Isaiah 62:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thou shalt no more be termed 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 married.

Shalt no

Hephzibah

Beulah

General references

Song of Songs 2:6

Song of Songs 7:6

Song of Songs 8:3

Bible References

Shalt no

And they will call them, “The holy people,
The redeemed of the Lord”;
And you will be called, “Sought out, a city not forsaken.”

Because the palace has been abandoned, the populated city forsaken.

Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever,

A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks;

But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
And the Lord has forgotten me.”

“Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.

And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not your God.”

As He says also in Hosea,
“I will call those who were not My people, ‘My people,’
And her who was not beloved, ‘beloved.’”

Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, “I will never desert you, nor will I ever forsake you,”

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

Hephzibah

For as a young man marries a virgin,
So your sons will marry you;
And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
So your God will rejoice over you.

For the Lord

takes pleasure in His people;

He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.

I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.

“The Lord your God is in your midst,
A

victorious warrior.

He will exult over you with joy,
He will be quiet in His love,
He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.

Beulah

“For your husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the God of all the earth.

I will rejoice greatly in the Lord,
My soul will exult in my God;
For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,
He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,
As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

‘Return, O faithless sons,’ declares the Lord;
‘For I am a master to you,
And I will take you one from a city and two from a family,
And I will bring you to Zion.’

“I will betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion,

He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.

For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin.

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

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

General references

“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”

“How beautiful and how delightful you are,

My love, with all your charms!

“Let his left hand be under my head
And his right hand embrace me.”