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Isaiah 62:10-12

Zion’s New Name

December 25, 2027

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives at Sunrise, Gustav Bauernfeind
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives at Sunrise, Gustav Bauernfeind, c. 1902Private collection
The city across the valley in the first light, the walls and the gates picked out and the road running down toward them.Go through the gates, prepare the way for the people; build up the highway. Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes.Gustav BauernfeindBauernfeind, a German who settled in Jerusalem and painted the same walls over and over.Private collectionA private collection.Private collection
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 2:(1-14) 15-20Lk 2:(1-14) 15-20
EpistleTitus 3:4-7Ti 3:4-7
Old TestamentIsa. 62:10-12Is 62:10-12
PsalterPs. 98Ps 98

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

Working Preacher: Isaiah 62:6-12Working Preacher: Is 62:6-12 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary exegesis on the festal highway and the renaming of Jerusalem.

Enduring Word: Isaiah 62Enduring Word: Is 62 Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse by verse evangelical notes on the promised glory of Zion.

StudyLight: Isaiah 62StudyLight: Is 62 StudyLight

Combined commentary set on the chapter's promise of restoration.

BibleHub: Isaiah 62:10 CommentariesBibleHub: Is 62:10 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregated classic commentaries on preparing the way and the coming salvation.

Background & Word Study

BibleHub Interlinear: Isaiah 62:10BibleHub Interlinear: Is 62:10 BibleHub

Hebrew text with parsing for the command to prepare a highway for the people.

BibleProject: Isaiah 40-66 OverviewBibleProject: Is 40-66 Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the second half of Isaiah and its message of comfort.

Sefaria: Isaiah 62:10-12Sefaria: Is 62:10-12 Sefaria

Hebrew text of the passage alongside an English translation.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Isaiah 62Catena: Is 62 Catena

Patristic comment chain reading the coming salvation as the advent of Christ.

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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