Old Testament · Prophecy

Isaiah 62

A New Name

You shall no longer be called Forsaken. Your new name is My Delight Is in Her. God renames what He restores.

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1For 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.

2And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.

3Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.

4Thou 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.

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,

7And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

8The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

9But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

10Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.

11Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Understand This

Isaiah 62, explained

What Isaiah 62 is saying

Isaiah refuses to keep silent until Zion's righteousness shines like a blazing torch. Jerusalem will receive a new name from God's own mouth. Watchmen are posted on the walls who will give God no rest until He establishes Jerusalem as a praise in the earth. A highway is prepared for the returning people.

The background behind it

The new-naming tradition (cf. Abraham/Sarah, Jacob/Israel) signifies transformed identity and destiny. The relentless watchmen who 'give God no rest' (vv. 6–7) are a remarkable model of persistent intercessory prayer.

Themes running underneath

Prophetic intercession is not polite—it is persistent and even demanding. The new name signifies that shame is replaced by honor and abandonment by intimate relationship. God's own reputation is bound up with Zion's restoration.

Why it still matters

Never stop praying, even when it feels like nothing is changing. The watchmen's mandate to give God no rest authorizes bold, relentless intercession.

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