Isaías 62

ARC · Chapter 62/66

1Por amor de Sião me não calarei, e por amor de Jerusalem me não aquietarei; até que saia a sua justiça como um resplandor, e a sua salvação como uma tocha accesa

2E as nações verão a tua justiça, e todos os reis a tua gloria; e chamar-te-hão por um nome novo, que a bocca do Senhor nomeará.

3E serás uma corôa de gloria na mão do Senhor, e um diadema real na mão do teu Deus.

4Nunca mais te chamarão: Desamparada, nem a tua terra nunca mais nomearão: Assolada; mas chamar-te-hão: O meu prazer está n'ella; e a tua terra: A casada; porque o Senhor se agrada de ti; e a tua terra se casará.

5Porque, como o mancebo se casa com a donzella, assim teus filhos se casarão comtigo: e, como o noivo se alegra da noiva, assim se alegrará de ti o teu Deus.

6Ó Jerusalem, sobre os teus muros puz guardas, que todo o dia e toda a noite de continuo se não calarão: ó vós, os que fazeis menção do Senhor, não haja silencio em vós,

7Nem lhe deis a elle silencio, até que confirme, e até que ponha a Jerusalem por louvor na terra.

8Jurou o Senhor pela sua mão direita, e pelo braço da sua força, que nunca mais darei o teu trigo por comida aos teus inimigos, nem os estranhos beberão o teu mosto, em que trabalhaste.

9Porém os que o ajuntarem o comerão, e louvarão ao Senhor: e os que o colherem beberão nos atrios do meu sanctuario.

10Passae, passae pelas portas; preparae o caminho ao povo: aplainae, aplainae a estrada, limpae-a das pedras; arvorae a bandeira aos povos.

11Eis que o Senhor fez ouvir até ás extremidades da terra: Dizei á filha de Sião: Eis que a tua salvação vem: eis que comsigo o seu galardão, e a sua obra diante d'elle

12E chamal-os-hão: Povo sancto, remidos do Senhor; e tu serás chamada Buscada, a cidade não desamparada.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Isaiah promises he will not rest until Jerusalem's righteousness "go forth as brightness." The city will receive a new name, being called "Hephzibah" (my delight is in her) instead of "Forsaken," like a bride beloved by her God.

Explanation

The prophet's determination not "to hold his peace" until Jerusalem's salvation is fulfilled shows persistent intercession as a model of active, insistent prayer. The change of name from "Forsaken" and "Desolate" to "Hephzibah" (literally "my delight is in her" in Hebrew) and "Beulah" (married) reflects a common biblical practice of renaming people or places to symbolize a new identity and destiny (as with Abram becoming Abraham). The image of "watchmen upon the walls" who never fall silent, "day nor night," reminding God of his promise, illustrates persistent, active intercession for the city. The practical application today is that the identity God gives a person or community can be radically different from the way the world or the past has labeled them.

Fun facts

  • The name "Hephzibah" (Hebrew for "my delight is in her") was also the name of King Hezekiah's mother, mentioned in 2 Kings 21:1, suggesting a connection between the affectionate language of this chapter and real royal names actually used in that period.
  • The practice of renaming places or people to symbolize a new identity is common in the Bible, including Abram becoming Abraham, Jacob becoming Israel, and later Simon becoming Peter in the New Testament.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Isaías 62:1“Will I not hold my peace” and “I will not rest” describe a persistent promise of intercession — someone, probably the prophet himself, determined to keep crying out for Jerusalem until the restoration is as visible as light.
  2. Isaías 62:2Receiving a new name was, in antiquity, a sign of a change in identity or status. Here it’s applied to Jerusalem, who will no longer be seen as an abandoned city but will gain a name reflecting her new condition.
  3. Isaías 62:3Being “a crown of glory” and “a royal diadem” in God’s hand turns the city into an object of pride on display, no longer hidden or discarded — an image of maximum value.
  4. Isaías 62:4“Forsaken” and “Desolate” were what the destroyed city came to be called. The text promises to trade these nicknames for Hephzi-bah and Beulah, Hebrew names meaning my delight and “married” — wordplay that only makes sense knowing that, in the original language, each term was literally a nickname for the city.
  5. Isaías 62:5Comparing sons marrying the land itself, and God rejoicing like a bridegroom, extends the marriage metaphor already used in chapter 54 to describe the relationship between the people and the restored city.
  6. Isaías 62:6Watchmen who “shall never hold their peace” on the walls describe constant vigilance in prayer, not military: they are people tasked with reminding God of the promise made to Jerusalem, day and night without stopping.
  7. Isaías 62:7“Give him no rest” encourages continuous insistence in prayer until the promise is completely fulfilled, an idea of perseverance that reinforces the tone of the whole chapter.
  8. Isaías 62:8The oath sworn by the right hand uses a solemn formula, the kind a person used when swearing with a raised hand. Here it’s applied to a promise guaranteeing that enemies will no longer steal the people’s harvest.
  9. Isaías 62:9Eating and drinking “in the courts of my holiness” contrasts with an earlier situation, mentioned in other prophetic texts, where foreigners consumed the people’s harvest; here it is the people themselves who enjoy what they planted.
  10. Isaías 62:10“Go through the gates” and “cast up... the highway” repeat the path-preparation image used in chapters 40 and 57, here as a final invitation for the people to actually cross back home.
  11. Isaías 62:11“Unto the end of the world” expands the reach of Zion’s salvation announcement to a global audience, and “his reward” and “his work before him” repeat the same language of recompense already used in chapter 40.
  12. Isaías 62:12The new names given at the end of the chapter, “The holy people,” “Sought out,” and “A city not forsaken,” directly contrast with the negative nicknames mentioned in chapter 54, showing the city’s complete reversal of identity.

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