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Isaiah 62:4

WEB

4You will not be called Forsaken any more, nor will your land be called Desolate any more; but you will be called Hephzibah,[+] and your land Beulah;[+] for the LORD delights in you, and your land will be married.

KJV

4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

BSB

4No longer will you be called Forsaken,[+] nor your land named Desolate;[+] but you will be called Hephzibah,[+] and your land Beulah;[+] for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.

FBV

4You won't be called Abandoned anymore; your land won't be called Desolate. Instead you will be called She Makes Me Happy, and your land will be called Married, because you make the Lord happy, and your land will be married.

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Extra References

Zephaniah 3:17

17The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.


Hosea 2:19-20

19I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion. 20I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know the LORD.


Isaiah 62:12

12They will call themThe Holy People, The LORD’s Redeemed”. You will be calledSought Out, A City Not Forsaken”.


Isaiah 54:5-7

5For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth. 6For the LORD has called you as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, even a wife of youth, when she is cast off,” says your God. 7For a small moment I have forsaken you, but I will gather you with great mercies.


Jeremiah 32:41

41Yes, 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.”


Isaiah 61:10

10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD! My soul will 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 adorns herself with her jewels.


1 Peter 2:10

10In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.


Isaiah 54:1

1Sing, barren, you who didn’t give birth! Break out into singing, and cry aloud, you who didn’t travail with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife,” says the LORD.


Psalms 149:4

4For the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.


Isaiah 60:15

15Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no one passed through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.