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Epiphany Season · Second Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C

Isaiah 62:1-5

Zion’s New Name

January 16, 2028

The Russian Bride's Attire, Konstantin Makovsky
The Russian Bride's Attire, Konstantin Makovsky, 1889Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
A large, deliberately theatrical reconstruction of a seventeenth-century Russian wedding preparation, painted for an American buyer. Makovsky collected the costumes and furnishings himself and dressed the scene from his own hoard.Isaiah 62 ends with God rejoicing over his people as a bridegroom over a bride, and this is the hour before a wedding rather than the wedding itself.Konstantin MakovskyA Russian painter who broke with the academy, grew rich on society portraits, and spent the money on historical costume he then painted.Fine Arts Museums of San FranciscoThe city's two museums, the de Young and the Legion of Honor, holding American and European painting respectively.Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Roman Lectionary
GospelJohn 2:1-11Jn 2:1-11
Second Reading1 Cor. 12:4-111 Cor 12:4-11
First ReadingIsa. 62:1-5Is 62:1-5
Responsorial PsalmPs. 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8, 9-10 (R. 3)Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8, 9-10 (R. 3)

Overview & Insights

“You shall be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will give.” (Isaiah 62:2)

Chapters 61 and 62 recapitulate much of chapter 60, but they do so in a new framework. They offer five responses to those promises. Whereas the prophet’s word was a brisk preliminary to Yahweh’s word in 59:21–60:22, in chapters 61–62 the prophet speaks a number of times in a way that has significance in its own right but also introduces recapitulations of the promises.

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Commentary

Isaiah 62:1-5 CommentaryIs 62:1-5 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching commentary on the marriage imagery Isaiah uses for God's delight in restored Zion.

Isaiah 62 CommentaryIs 62 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse reading of Zion's new name and God's marriage-like delight in her.

Isaiah 62:1 CommentariesIs 62:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregated classic commentary on Zion's vindication shining out like the dawn.

Isaiah 62 - Barnes' NotesIs 62 - Barnes' Notes StudyLight

Barnes' Notes verse by verse on the new names promised to restored Zion.

Isaiah 62 - Gill's ExpositionIs 62 - Gill's Exposition StudyLight

Gill's Exposition verse by verse on the same promise of vindication and delight.

Background & Word Study

Isaiah 62:1-5Is 62:1-5 Sefaria

Hebrew text alongside English for Zion's new name and God's delight in her.

Isaiah 40-66 OverviewIs 40-66 Overview BibleProject

Animated literary overview of Isaiah 40-66, including the marriage imagery of chapter 62.

The Church Fathers

Isaiah 62Is 62 Catena

Verse-by-verse comment from the Fathers on Isaiah 62.

Questions preachers ask

What is Zion's new name in Isaiah 62?

No longer Forsaken or Desolate, Zion is called My Delight and Married; God rejoices over his people as a bridegroom rejoices over the bride.

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