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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD speaks directly to Zion, announcing a permanent name-change. It sits between the crown of glory (v. 3) and the bridal rejoicing (v. 5), making it the pivot where identity is redefined.

The words — עֲזוּבָה ('azubah, "abandoned") is the old name being revoked; יֵאָמֵר (ye'amer, "it will be said") frames the renaming as a public declaration, not a private feeling.

The thread — The same "not forsaken" language appears in Isaiah 62:12 ("Sought Out, A City Not Forsaken"), and the divine rejoicing echoes Zephaniah 3:17 and the betrothal language of Hosea 2:19.

Why it lands — The verse does not ask you to feel better; it asks you to accept that an identity once stamped on you can be overwritten by the one who speaks. The old name is not denied — it is cancelled by a new relationship.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi–bah, and thy land Beulah: for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Cross-references

Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Hosea 2:19 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
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 54:5 For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
Jeremiah 32:41 Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
Isaiah 61:10 I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
1 Peter 2:10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Psalms 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
Isaiah 54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
Isaiah 60:15 Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.