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Isaiah 62:2
Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet delivers a divine promise concerning Jerusalem, addressing the community and surrounding nations during a period of anticipated restoration.
The words — The text centers on צִדְקֵ֔ךְ (tzidkekh, "your righteousness") and כְּבוֹדֵ֑ךְ (kivodekh, "your glory") as visible marks that foreign powers will perceive.
The thread — This promise of a bestowed name echoes the renaming of Jerusalem as "Sought Out" in Isaiah 62:12 and anticipates the new name given to God’s servants in Isaiah 65:15.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that divine vindication transforms a community’s identity, requiring readers to expect God to actively redefine how others perceive His people.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 62:12 And they will be called the Holy People, the Redeemed of The LORD; and you will be called Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken.
- Isaiah 65:15 You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
- Revelation 2:17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
- Genesis 17:5 No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
- Isaiah 66:12 For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.
- Genesis 17:15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
- Isaiah 49:23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
- Isaiah 62:4 No 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.
- Isaiah 66:19 I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.