Isaiah 62:5

New Century Version

As a young man marries a woman, so your children will marry your land. As a man rejoices over his new wife, so your God will rejoice over you.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 3:11

Women of Jerusalem, go out and see King Solomon. He is wearing the crown his mother put on his head on his wedding day, when his heart was happy!

Song of Solomon 4:8

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride. Come with me from Lebanon, from the top of Mount Amana, from the tops of Mount Senir and Mount Hermon. Come from the lions’ dens and from the leopards’ hills.

Isaiah 62:4

You will never again be called the People that God Left, nor your land the Land that God Destroyed. You will be called the People God Loves, and your land will be called the Bride of God, because the Lord loves you. And your land will belong to him as a bride belongs to her husband.

Isaiah 65:19

Then I will rejoice over Jerusalem and be delighted with my people. There will never again be heard in that city the sounds of crying and sadness.

Jeremiah 32:41

I will enjoy doing good to them. And with my whole being I will surely plant them in this land and make them grow.”

Hosea 2:19

And I will make you my promised bride forever. I will be good and fair; I will show you my love and mercy.

Hosea 2:21

“At that time I will speak to you,” says the Lord. “I will speak to the skies, and they will give rain to the earth.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is with you; the mighty One will save you. He will rejoice over you. You will rest in his love; he will sing and be joyful about you.”

Malachi 3:12

“All the nations will call you blessed, because you will have a pleasant country,” says the Lord All-Powerful.

Hebrews 12:2

Let us look only to Jesus, the One who began our faith and who makes it perfect. He suffered death on the cross. But he accepted the shame as if it were nothing because of the joy that God put before him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.