Isaiah 62:4-6

New Century Version

⁴You will never again be called the People that God Left,
    nor your land the Land that God Destroyed.
You will be called the People God Loves,
    and your land will be called the Bride of God,
because the Lord loves you.
    And your land will belong to him as a bride belongs to her husband.
⁵As a young man marries a woman,
    so your children will marry your land.
As a man rejoices over his new wife,
    so your God will rejoice over you.

⁶Jerusalem, I have put guards on the walls to watch.
They must not be silent day or night.
You people who remind the Lord of your needs in prayer
should never be quiet.

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Isaiah 62:4-6

New International Version

⁴No longer will they call you Deserted,^(A)
    or name your land Desolate.^(B)
But you will be called Hephzibah,^[a]^(C)
    and your land Beulah^[b];
for the Lord will take delight^(D) in you,
    and your land will be married.^(E)
⁵As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom^(F) rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice^(G) over you.

⁶I have posted watchmen^(H) on your walls, Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the Lord,
give yourselves no rest,^(I)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.

Isaiah 62:4-6

King James Version

⁴Thou 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.

⁵For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

⁶I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,

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