Isaiah:62

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* For Zion 's sake I will not (note :)The prophet says that he will never cease to declare to the people the good tidings of their deliverance .(:note ) hold my peace , and for Jerusalem 's sake I will not rest , until its righteousness shall go forth as Till they have full deliverance : and this the prophet speaks to encourage all other ministers to the setting forth of God 's mercies toward his Church . brightness , and its salvation as a lamp [that ] burneth . * And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness , and all kings thy glory : and thou shalt be called by (note :)You will have a more excellent fame than you have had till now .(:note ) a new name , which the mouth of the LORD shall name . * Thou shalt also be a (note :)He will value you as dear and precious as a king does his crown .(:note ) crown of glory in the hand of the LORD , and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God . * Thou shalt no more be termed (note :)You will no longer be contemned as a woman forsaken by her husband .(:note ) 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 That it may be replenished with children . married . * For [as ] a young man marrieth a virgin , [so ] shall thy sons (note :)As they confess one faith and religion with you , they are in the same bond of marriage with you , and they are called the children of the Church , as Christ makes her plentiful to bring forth children to him .(:note ) marry thee : and [as ] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride , [so ] shall thy God rejoice over thee . * I have set (note :)Prophets , pastors and ministers .(:note ) watchmen upon thy walls , O Jerusalem , [which ] shall never hold their peace day nor night : He exhorts the ministers never to cease to call on God by prayer for the deliverance of his Church and to teach others to do the same . ye that make mention of the LORD , keep not silence , * And give him no rest , till he shall establish , and till he shall make Jerusalem a (note :)For the restoration of which all the world will praise him .(:note ) praise in the earth . * The Lorde hath sworne by his right hand and by his strong arme , Surely I wil no more giue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies , &amp ; surely the sonnes of the strangers shall not drinke thy wine , for the which thou hast laboured . * But they that haue gathered it , shall eate it , and prayse the Lorde , and the gatherers thereof shal drinke it in the courtes of my Sanctuarie . * * Behold , the LORD hath proclaimed to the end of the world , (note :)You prophets and ministers show the people of this their deliverance : which was chiefly meant of our salvation by Christ , ( Zec_9:9 ; Mat_21:5 ).(:note ) Say ye to the daughter of Zion , Behold , thy salvation cometh ; behold , his reward [is ] with him , and He will have all power to bring his purpose to pass , as in ( Isa_40:10 ). his work before him . * And they shall call them , The holy people , The redeemed of the LORD : and thou shalt be called , Sought out , A (note :)That is , one over whom God has had a singular care to recover her when she was lost .(:note ) city not forsaken .

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