Isaiah 62:1

The Lord Takes Delight in Zion

62:1 “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;

for the sake of Jerusalem ¹  I will not be quiet,

until her vindication shines brightly ² 

and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

Isaiah 62:6-7

62:6 I ³  post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;

they should keep praying all day and all night. ⁴ 

You who pray to ⁵  the Lord, don’t be silent!

62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, ⁶ 

until he makes Jerusalem the pride ⁷  of the earth.

[62:1]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[62:1]  ² tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”

[62:6]  ³ sn The speaker here is probably the prophet.

[62:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “all day and all night continually they do not keep silent.” The following lines suggest that they pray for the Lord’s intervention and restoration of the city.

[62:6]  ⁵ tn Or “invoke”; NIV “call on”; NASB, NRSV “remind.”

[62:7]  ⁶ tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.

[62:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”