As a young man marries a young woman,
    so will your Builder marry you;
as a bridegroom(A) rejoices over his bride,
    so will your God rejoice(B) over you.

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19 I will rejoice(A) over Jerusalem
    and take delight(B) in my people;
the sound of weeping and of crying(C)
    will be heard in it no more.

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No longer will they call you Deserted,(A)
    or name your land Desolate.(B)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](C)
    and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(D) in you,
    and your land will be married.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.

fixing our eyes on Jesus,(A) the pioneer(B) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,(C) scorning its shame,(D) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(E)

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18 Lift up your eyes and look around;
    all your children gather(A) and come to you.
As surely as I live,(B)” declares the Lord,
    “you will wear(C) them all as ornaments;
    you will put them on, like a bride.

19 “Though you were ruined and made desolate(D)
    and your land laid waste,(E)
now you will be too small for your people,(F)
    and those who devoured(G) you will be far away.
20 The children born during your bereavement
    will yet say in your hearing,
‘This place is too small for us;
    give us more space to live in.’(H)
21 Then you will say in your heart,
    ‘Who bore me these?(I)
I was bereaved(J) and barren;
    I was exiled and rejected.(K)
    Who brought these(L) up?
I was left(M) all alone,(N)
    but these—where have they come from?’”

22 This is what the Sovereign Lord(O) says:

“See, I will beckon to the nations,
    I will lift up my banner(P) to the peoples;
they will bring(Q) your sons in their arms
    and carry your daughters on their hips.(R)

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41 I will rejoice(A) in doing them good(B) and will assuredly plant(C) them in this land with all my heart and soul.(D)

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11 Let the king be enthralled by your beauty;(A)
    honor(B) him, for he is your lord.(C)
12 The city of Tyre(D) will come with a gift,[a](E)
    people of wealth will seek your favor.
13 All glorious(F) is the princess within her chamber;
    her gown is interwoven with gold.(G)
14 In embroidered garments(H) she is led to the king;(I)
    her virgin companions(J) follow her—
    those brought to be with her.
15 Led in with joy and gladness,(K)
    they enter the palace of the king.

16 Your sons will take the place of your fathers;
    you will make them princes(L) throughout the land.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 45:12 Or A Tyrian robe is among the gifts

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