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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 62:5

The same image differently applied, the people being regarded as the bridegroom and their country as the bride.

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See also Isaiah 62:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 62:5. _FOR AS A YOUNG MAN_ - SO] The particles of comparison are not at present in the _Hebrew_ Text: but the _Septuagint, Syriac_, and _Chaldee_ seem to have read in their copies כ _cap...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR AS A YOUNG MAN MARRIETH A VIRGIN - Roberts remarks on this, ‘In general no youth marries a widow. Such a thing I scarcely ever heard of (in India), nor will it ever be except under some very extra...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 62 Zion's Glory 1. _He will not rest (Isaiah 62:1) _ 2. _The new names (Isaiah 62:2) _ 3. _The intercession and the answer (Isaiah 62:6) _ 4. The accomplishment at hand ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    The prophet will not rest in his mission (_cf._ Isaiah 61:1) till Zion's triumph is resplendent, her brilliance dazzling kings and nations. Zion shall be as a beautiful crown which Yahweh takes in His...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THY SONS MARRY THEE. Note the Figure of speech _Catachresis_ (App-6) _._ See note on marry, below. MARRY. own, or possess. Hebrew. _ba'al_. to become an owner, or husband of. wife. See Isaiah 62:4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    so _shall thy sons marry thee_ The harshness of the conception is obvious; and it is hardly relieved by pointing to the double meaning of the verb _bâ-al_("marry" and "possess"). Lowth and others, by...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The reunion of Zion with her Husband and her children. Cf. ch. Isaiah 49:14 ff., Isaiah 54:1 f., Isaiah 54:4 ff. _Forsaken_ Hebr. _-ăsûbâh_; found as a proper name in...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1009 GOD’S DELIGHT IN HIS PEOPLE Isaiah 62:5. _As a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FOR AS A YOUNG MAN MARRIETH A VIRGIN— Bishop Lowth justly observes, that in the passage before us, instead of _sons_ we should read _builder_ or _creator;_ for the word is not in the plural of בן _ben...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. REGENERATION OF ZION, CHAPTER 62 1. NEW NAME TEXT: Isaiah 62:1-5 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightn...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. FOR (AS) A YOUNG MAN MARRIETH A VIRGIN, (SO)...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 62 *JERUSALEM’S NEW NAME V1 I will not be silent about *Jerusalem. Nor...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    In this passage, ‘you’ means the city called Jerusalem and its inhabitants....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The two names ‘Alone’ and ‘Empty’ express what the inhabitants of Judah thought about themselves. In Isaiah 49:14-23 and 54:6-7, the inhabitants of Judah complained that the *Lord had left them ‘alone...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SO SHALL THY SONS MARRY THEE... — The image of the bride is presented under another aspect. The people of a country are, in their collective unity, as the bridegroom, and the country is as the bride....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּֽי ־יִבְעַ֤ל בָּחוּר֙ בְּתוּלָ֔ה יִבְעָל֖וּךְ בָּנָ֑יִךְ...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE LAND OF BEULAH Isaiah 62:1-12 _The Intercessor_, Isaiah 62:1-4. Messiah is speaking here. Throughout the ages, He ever lives to make intercession. He asks that His Church may be one, that the hea...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Having thus dealt with the material prosperity, and with the spiritual realization, the prophet now describes in greater detail the vocational fulfilment. Speaking as in the midst of circumstances of...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons (g) marry thee: and [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee. (g) As they confess one faith and r...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Dwell. Hebrew, "marry." They shall be attached to their country. --- Thee. He shall love thee as a bridegroom does one whom he has lately married. Christ never abandons his virgin spouse. (Calmet) --...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Hephzi-bah, signifies delight; and Beulah means union and marriage. The joy is, that the soul is a marriageable creature, and that the Lord Jesus, in his assumption of our nature, hath married us, and...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._For as a young man marrieth a virgin. _This verse contains nothing more than an explanation and confirmation of the preceding verse. Now there appears to be a sort of contradiction in this respect,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 61 AND 62. As Chapter s 50-53 presented Christ in His sufferings, chapter 61 exhibits Him in the full grace of His Person concerned in the blessing of Israel....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR AS A YOUNG MAN MARRIETH A VIRGIN, SO SHALL THY SONS MARRY THEE,.... As a young man, having married a virgin, possesses and enjoys her, and lives and dwells with her in great harmony and love, havi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, [so] shall thy sons marry thee: and [as] the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, [so] shall thy God rejoice over thee. Ver. 5. _For as a young man marrieth a...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken_ As a woman forsaken by her husband. _Neither shall thy land be termed Desolate_ Neither shall thy places of worship be empty, and thine ordinances of service be...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy Sons marry thee, the land being returned to the possession of the children of Zion, the Church coming into her own; AND AS THE BRIDEGROOM REJOICETH O...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    ZION THE BRIDE OF JEHOVAH. The prophecy concerning the glory of Zion's perfection here reaches the highest point of exaltation: _ the congregation of the redeemed as the bride and spouse of the Lord....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    AS THE BRIDEGROOM REJOICETH: _ Heb._ with the joy of the bridegroom...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 The Son of God here assures his church of his unfailing love, and his pleading for her under all trails and difficulties. She shall be called by a new name, a pleasant name, such as she was never...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AS A YOUNG MAN MARRIETH A VIRGIN: this is delivered as a demonstration of what was said in the close of the 4th verse; and it is said _young_ and _virgin_ to note their suitableness; not _old_ and _yo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 62:5 man H970 marries H1166 (H8799) virgin H1330 sons H1121 marry H1166 (H8799) bridegroom H2860 rejoices...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ANOINTED ONE ANNOUNCING BLESSING ON ZION (ISAIAH 62:1). The Anointed One promises His continued activity on behalf of God's people in their association with Zion (see note on Isaiah 59:20) so that...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 62:1 The speaker of these words is the personal Messiah. Notice the remarkable parallelism in the expressions selected as the text: "I will not hold My peace;" the watchmen "shall never hold _t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Restoration of Israel to God's favor, and honor with the nations. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Israel's full salvation is sure to come when they are regathered and their Redeemer r...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 62:1. _For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace._ The Redeemer speaks by his prophet; the zeal of his Father's house absorbed his soul. He imparted his Spirit to the apostles; they could not be...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For as a young man marrieth a virgin_ FERVID DEVOTION TO A CAUSE It is difficult to see how any real parallel can exist between an intellectual interest or reasoned sense of duty to a public cause...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou shalt also be a crown of glory_ ZION A CROWN OF GLORY GOD’S HAND It is only through figurative representations that prophecy here sees what Zion will be in the future; she becomes a crown of ad...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 62:5 YOUR SONS are the loyal inhabitants of Zion (here, the eternal city of God; see Psalms 87:1). so shall your God rejoice over

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 62:1 FURTHER GRACIOUS PROMISES MADE TO ISRAEL BY "THE SERVANT." Some regard the speaker in this chapter as Jehovah; some as the prophet, or the prophetical order; some as "the Serva...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    In chapter 62, God continues to speak of the restoration of Israel. For Zion's sake [that is, Jerusalem] will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Hebrews 12:2; Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 62:4; Isaiah 65:19; Jeremiah 32:4

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