Isaiah 62:4

Modern English Version

You shall no more be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land be termed Desolate; but you shall be called My Delight Is In Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.

Cross References

Psalm 149:4

For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the meek with salvation.

Psalm 16:3

For the holy ones in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

Isaiah 49:14

But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”

Isaiah 54:1

Sing, O barren, you who did not bear a child. Break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child. For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, says the Lord.

Isaiah 60:15

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

Isaiah 60:18

Violence shall no more be heard in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Isaiah 61:10

I will greatly rejoice in the 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 ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Isaiah 62:12

They shall call them The Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you shall be called Sought Out, a City Not Forsaken.

Isaiah 62:2

The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. And you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.

Isaiah 62:5

For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons shall marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so your God shall rejoice over you.

Isaiah 65:19

I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; and the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Jeremiah 3:14

Return, O backsliding sons, says the Lord, for I am married to you. And I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

Jeremiah 32:41

Indeed, 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.

Jeremiah 33:9

It will be to Me a name of joy, praise, and honor before all the nations of the earth which shall hear of all the good that I do to them; and they will fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure for it.

Ezekiel 36:35

They shall say, “This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. And the waste and desolate and ruined cities have become fenced and inhabited.”

Hosea 2:21

On that day I will answer, declares the Lord; I will answer the heavens, and they will answer the earth.

Hosea 2:22

The earth will answer the grain, the wine, and the oil; and they will answer Jezreel.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is in your midst, a Mighty One, who will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will renew you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.

Malachi 3:12

Then all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land, says the Lord of Hosts.

John 3:29

He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

2 Corinthians 11:2

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Deuteronomy 30:9

The Lord your God will make you prosper in every work of your hand, in the offspring of your body, and in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your land, for good. For the Lord will once again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers,

Hebrews 13:5

Let your lives be without love of money, and be content with the things you have. For He has said: “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”

1 Peter 2:10

In times past, you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. You had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Revelation 21:2

I, John, saw the Holy City, the New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.