You will noלֹאlongerעוֹדbe calledיֵאָמֵר לָךְ“Forsaken,”עֲזוּבָהand your landוּלְאַרְצֵךְwill noלֹאlongerעוֹדbe calledיֵאָמֵר“Desolation”;שְׁמָמָהbutכִּיyouלָךְwill be calledיִקָּרֵא“My Delight Is in Her,”חֶפְצִי בָהּand your landוּלְאַרְצֵךְ“Married”;בְּעוּלָהforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהdelightsחָפֵץin you,בָּךְand your landוְאַרְצֵךְwill be married.תִּבָּעֵל
Isaiah 62:4
Study it in the app“You will no longer be called “Forsaken,” and your land will no longer be called “Desolation”; but you will be called “My Delight Is in Her,” and your land “Married”; for YHWH delights in you, and your land will be married.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 62:4, word by word
- be calledיֵאָמֵרyeamer
be called
To bear a name, to be called by it.
Where else “yeamer” appears- “Forsakenעֲזוּבָהazuva
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “azuva” appears- and your landאַרְצֵartse
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “artse” appears- “Desolationשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- will be calledיִקָּרֵאyikare
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikare” appears- “My Delight Is in Herחֶפְצִיcheftsi
Hephzibah
Hephzibah. A personal name meaning "my delight is in her." Mother of King Manasseh of Judah (2 Kings 21:1). In Isaiah 62:4 it is the new name YHWH gives Jerusalem.
Where else “cheftsi” appears- “Marriedבְּעוּלָהbeula
marry
To take a wife, be her spouse.
Where else “beula” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- delightsחָפֵץchafets
delight in
To take pleasure in someone or something and look on it with favor.
Where else “chafets” appears
Translation note
In Hebrew, “My Delight Is in Her” is Hephzibah (the name of King Manasseh’s mother, 2 Kings 21:1), and “Married” is Beulah.
The context
3And you will be a crown of beauty in the hand of YHWH, and a royal turban in the palm of your Elohim.
4 · This verse (above)
5For as a young man marries a virgin, so your sons will marry you; and as the rejoicing of a bridegroom over a bride, so your Elohim will rejoice over you.