The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem;(A)
he gathers Israel’s exiled people.(B)

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The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

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Zion’s Restoration

62 I will not keep silent because of Zion,
and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,(A)
until her righteousness shines like a bright light(B)
and her salvation, like a flaming torch.

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62 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

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You will no longer be called Deserted,(A)
and your land will not be called Desolate;
instead, you will be called My Delight Is in Her,[a]
and your land Married;[b](B)
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land will be married.

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Footnotes

  1. 62:4 Or Hephzibah
  2. 62:4 Or Beulah

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.

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