Yesaya 62:1-2

The Lord Takes Delight in Zion

62:1 “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;

for the sake of Jerusalem ¹  I will not be quiet,

until her vindication shines brightly ² 

and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

62:2 Nations will see your vindication,

and all kings your splendor.

You will be called by a new name

that the Lord himself will give you. ³ 

Yesaya 62:6-7

62:6 I ⁴  post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;

they should keep praying all day and all night. ⁵ 

You who pray to ⁶  the Lord, don’t be silent!

62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, ⁷ 

until he makes Jerusalem the pride ⁸  of the earth.

[62:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[62:1]  ² tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”

[62:2]  ³ tn Heb “which the mouth of the Lord will designate.”

[62:6]  ⁴ sn The speaker here is probably the prophet.

[62:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “all day and all night continually they do not keep silent.” The following lines suggest that they pray for the Lord’s intervention and restoration of the city.

[62:6]  ⁶ tn Or “invoke”; NIV “call on”; NASB, NRSV “remind.”

[62:7]  ⁷ tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.

[62:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”