Isaiah 62:1
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
2 Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
3 You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.
- ASV
- For Zion`s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem`s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
- DARBY
- For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth.
- BLB
- For the sake of Zion I will not be silent, and for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her righteousness goes forth like the brightness, and her salvation burns bright like a torch.
- ÅB
- For Sions skyld vil jeg ikke tie, og for Jerusalems skyld vil jeg ikke være stille, før dets rettferdighet går fram som en stråleglans, og dets frelse som et brennende bluss.
- OTB
- For Sions skyld vil jeg ikke tie, og for Jerusalems skyld vil jeg ikke være stille, før hennes rettferdighet stråler som morgenrøden, og hennes frelse som en brennende fakkel.
- B1930
- For Sions skyld vil jeg ikke tie, og for Jerusalems skyld vil jeg ikke være stille, før dets rettferdighet går frem som en stråleglans, og dets frelse som et brennende bluss.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 62:6–7
On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
Read in contextProverbs 4:18
The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.
Read in contextPsalms 102:13–16
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:15–17
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
Read in contextLuke 2:30–32
For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
Read in context1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Read in contextPhilippians 2:15–16
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
Read in contextHebrews 7:25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
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