Isaiah 62:4

A Conservative Version

Thou shall no more be termed Forsaken, nor shall thy land any more be termed Desolate. But thou shall be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah, for LORD delights in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Cross References

Zephaniah 3:17

LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in his love. He will joy over thee with singing.

Isaiah 62:12

And they shall call them The holy people, The redeemed of LORD. And thou shall be called Sought out, A city not forsaken.

Jeremiah 32:41

Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good. And I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

1 Peter 2:10

Men formerly not a people, but now are a people of God. Men who had not obtained mercy, but who now have obtained mercy.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in LORD. My soul shall be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride

Psalm 149:4

For LORD takes pleasure in his people. He will beautify the meek with salvation.

Jeremiah 3:14

Return, O backsliding sons, says LORD, for I am a husband to you. And I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

Isaiah 54:1

Sing, O barren, thou who did not bear. Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou who did not travail with child. For more are the sons of the desolate than the sons of the married woman, says LORD.

Isaiah 60:15

Whereas thou have been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee. And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous for you with a jealousy of God. For I betrothed you to one husband, a pure virgin to present to the Christ.

Isaiah 49:14

But Zion said, LORD has forsaken me, and LORD has forgotten me.

Revelation 21:2

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, having been prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This therefore my joy is fulfilled.

Hebrews 13:5

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

Isaiah 60:18

Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, desolation nor destruction within thy borders, but thou shall call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

Isaiah 62:2

And the nations shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory. And thou shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of LORD shall name.

Isaiah 65:19

And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people. And there shall no more be heard in her the voice of weeping and the voice of crying.

Jeremiah 33:9

And [this city] shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace

Malachi 3:12

And all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightful land, says LORD of hosts.

Deuteronomy 30:9

And LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good. For LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoic

Psalm 16:3

As for the sanctified who are in the earth, they are the excellent in whom is all my delight.

Ezekiel 36:35

And they shall say, This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. And the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.

Hosea 2:21

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, says LORD. I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth,

Hosea 2:22

and the earth shall answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel.