= Isaiah 62
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== Isaiah 62
1 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.
2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
4 Thou shalt no more be termed 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 married.
5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8 The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
10 Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
11 Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
12 And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.
== Notes
== Cross Reference
== Commentary
== Rashi
==== Verse 1
For the sake of Zion I will do, and I will not be silent concerning what they did to her.
I will not rest There will be no peace before Me until her righteousness comes out like brilliance.
==== Verse 2
shall pronounce Heb. יִקֳּבֶנּוּ, shall pronounce.
==== Verse 4
“inhabited” Heb. בְּעוּלָה, [lit. possessed,] inhabited.
==== Verse 5
As a young man lives with a virgin, etc. As a young man lives with a virgin, so shall your children live in you [after Jonathan].
==== Verse 6
On your walls, O Jerusalem Our Rabbis expounded it according to its apparent meaning as referring to the angels who remind the Lord concerning its destruction, to build it. What do they say? (Ps. 102:14) “You shall rise, You shall have mercy on Zion”; (ibid. 132:13) “For the Lord has chosen Zion.” As is found in the Tractate Menahoth (87a, Rashi ad loc.). Jonathan, [however,] renders “your walls,” the early forefathers, who protect us like a wall.
I have appointed watchmen to inscribe a book of remembrances, that their merit be not forgotten from before Me.
they shall never be silent not to mention their merit before Me.
those who remind the Lord of the merit of the forefathers.
be not silent Heb. אַל-דֳּמִי לָכֶם, [lit. let there be no silence to you,] be not silent.
==== Verse 9
shall eat it This refers back to “your grain.”
shall drink it This refers back to “your wine.”
==== Verse 10
Pass, pass through the portals Said the prophet, “Pass and return in the portals; turn the heart of the people to the proper path” [after Jonathan].
pave, pave the highway Heb. סֹלּוּ. Pave the road, batec lokemin in O.F., beat down the road. סֹלּוּ is the same root as מְסִלָּה.
clear it of stones Clear the highway of stones and cast the stumbling blocks to the sides. clear it of stones Heb. סַקְּלוּ, espedrec in O.F., to rid of stones.
of stones of there being there a stone, and he is alluding to the evil inclination. It may also be interpreted as referring to the repairs of the road for the ingathering of the exiles.
lift up a banner A staff, perche in French. That is a sign, that they gather to Me and bring Me those exiled beside them [i.e., those exiled in their land].
==== Verse 11
Behold his reward [that is prepared] to give to His servants is prepared with Him.
and His wage [Lit. His deed.] The reward for the deed they did with Him, is before Him, prepared to give.