1Pro Sion nebudu mlčeti, a pro Jeruzalém neupokojím se, dokudž nevyjde jako blesk spravedlnost jeho, a spasení jeho jako pochodně hořeti nebude. 2I uzří národové spravedlnost tvou, a všickni králové slávu tvou, a nazovou tě jménem novým, kteréž ústa Hospodinova vyřknou. 3Nadto budeš korunou ozdobnou v ruce Hospodinově, a korunou královskou v ruce Boha svého. 4Nebudeš více slouti opuštěná, a země tvá nebude více slouti pustinou, ale ty nazývána budeš rozkoší, a země tvá vdanou; nebo rozkoš míti bude Hospodin v tobě, a země tvá bude vdaná. 5Nebo jakož pojímá mládenec pannu, tak tě sobě pojmou synové tvoji, a jakou má radost ženich z nevěsty, tak radovati se bude z tebe Bůh tvůj. 6Na zdech tvých, Jeruzaléme, postavím strážné, kteříž přes celý den i přes celou noc nikdy nebudou mlčeti. Kteříž tedy připomínáte Hospodina, nemlčtež, 7A nedávejte jemu pokoje, dokudž neutvrdí, a dokudž nezpůsobí, aby Jeruzalém byl slavný na zemi. 8Přisáhltě Hospodin skrze pravici svou, a skrze rámě síly své, řka: Nikoli nedám obilí tvého více za pokrm nepřátelům tvým, aniž píti budou cizozemci vína tvého, o němž jsi pracoval. 9Ale ti, kteříž je shromažďují, budou je jísti, a chváliti Hospodina, a kteříž je zbírají, budou je píti v síňcích svatosti mé. 10Vejdětež, vejdětež branami, spravte cestu lidu, vyrovnejte, vyrovnejte silnici, vybeřte kamení, vyzdvihněte korouhev k národům. 11Aj, Hospodin rozkáže provolati až do končin země: Rcetež dceři Sionské: Aj, Spasitel tvůj béře se, aj, mzda jeho s ním, a dílo jeho před ním. 12I nazovou syny tvé lidem svatým, vykoupenými Hospodinovými, ty pak slouti budeš městem vzácným a neopuštěným.
Jamieson Fausset Brown Bible Commentary 1 INTERCESSORY PRAYERS FOR ZION'S RESTORATION, ACCOMPANYING GOD'S PROMISES OF IT, AS THE APPOINTED MEANS OF ACCOMPLISHING IT. (
Es 62:1-
Es 62:12)
I--the prophet, as representative of all the praying people of God who love and intercede for Zion (compare
Es 62:6-
Es 62:7;
Ps 102:13-
Ps 102:17), or else Messiah (compare
Es 62:6). So Messiah is represented as unfainting in His efforts for His people (
Es 42:4;
Es 50:7).
righteousness thereof--not its own inherently, but imputed to it, for its restoration to God's favor: hence "salvation" answers to it in the parallelism. "Judah" is to be "saved" through "the Lord our (Judah's and the Church's) righteousness" (
Jr 23:6).
as brightness--properly the bright shining of the rising sun (
Es 60:19;
Es 4:5;
2Sm 23:4;
Prv 4:18).
lamp--blazing torch.
2 (
Es 11:10;
Es 42:1-
Es 42:6;
Es 49:7,
Es 49:22-
Es 49:23;
Es 60:3,
Es 60:5,
Es 60:16).
new name--expression of thy new and improved condition (
Es 62:4), the more valuable and lasting as being conferred by Jehovah Himself (
Es 62:12;
Es 65:15;
Ap 2:17;
Ap 3:12).
3 (
Zc 9:16)
in . . . hand of . . . Lord--As a crown is worn on the head, not "in the hand," hand must here be figurative for "under the Lord's protection" (compare
Dt 33:3). "All His saints are in thy hand." His people are in His hand at the same time that they are "a crown of glory" to Him (
Ap 6:2;
Ap 19:12); reciprocally, He is "a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty" to them (
Es 28:5; compare
Ml 3:17).
4 be termed--be "forsaken," so as that that term could be applicable to thee.
Hephzi-bah-- (
2Ro 21:1), the name of Hezekiah's wife, a type of Jerusalem, as Hezekiah was of Messiah (
Es 32:1): "my delight is in her."
Beulah--"Thou art married." See the same contrast of Zion's past and future state under the same figure (
Es 54:4-
Es 54:6;
Ap 21:2,
Ap 21:4).
land . . . married--to Jehovah as its Lord and Husband: implying not only ownership, but protection on the part of the Owner [HORSLEY].
5 thy sons--rather, changing the points, which are of no authority in Hebrew, "thy builder" or "restorer," that is, God; for in the parallel clause, and in
Es 62:4, God is implied as being "married" to her; whereas her "sons" could hardly be said to marry their mother; and in
Es 49:18, they are said to be her bridal ornaments, not her husband. The plural form, builders, is used of God in reverence as "husbands" (see on
Es 54:5).
over the bride--in the possession of the bride (
Es 65:19;
Jr 32:41;
Sop 3:17).
6 I--Isaiah speaking in the person of the Messiah.
watchmen upon . . . walls--image from the watches set upon a city's wall to look out for the approach of a messenger with good tidings (
Es 52:7-
Es 52:8); the good tidings of the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon, prefiguring the return from the present dispersion (compare
Es 21:6-
Es 21:11;
Es 56:10;
Ez 3:17;
Ez 33:7). The watches in the East are announced by a loud cry to mark the vigilance of the watchmen.
ye that . . . mention . . . Lord--Hebrew, "ye that are the Lord's remembrancers"; God's servants who by their prayers "put God in remembrance" of His promises (
Es 43:26); we are required to remind God, as if God could, which He cannot, forget His promises (
Ps 119:49;
Jr 14:21).
7 no rest--Hebrew, "silence"; keep not silence yourselves, nor let Him rest in silence. Compare as to Messiah Himself, "I will not hold . . . peace . . . not rest" (
Es 62:1); Messiah's watchmen (
Es 62:6-
Es 62:7) imitate Him (
Es 62:1) in intercessory "prayer without ceasing" for Jerusalem (
Ps 122:6;
Ps 51:18); also for the spiritual Jerusalem, the Church (
Lc 18:1,
Lc 18:7;
Rm 1:9).
a praise--(See on
Es 61:11;
Sop 3:20).
8 sworn by . . . right hand--His mighty instrument of accomplishing His will (compare
Es 45:23;
Heb 6:13).
sons of . . . stranger--Foreigners shall no more rob thee of the fruit of thy labors (compare
Es 65:21-
Es 65:22).
9 eat . . . and praise--not consume it on their own lusts, and without thanksgiving.
drink it in . . . courts--They who have gathered the vintage shall drink it at the feasts held in the courts surrounding the temple (
Dt 12:17-
Dt 12:18;
Dt 14:23, &c.).
10 What Isaiah in the person of Messiah had engaged in (
Es 62:1) unrestingly to seek, and what the watchmen were unrestingly to pray for (
Es 62:7), and what Jehovah solemnly promised (
Es 62:8-
Es 62:9), is now to be fulfilled; the Gentile nations are commanded to "go through the gates" (either of their own cities [ROSENMULLER] or of Jerusalem [MAURER]), in order to remove all obstacles out of "the way of the people (Israel)" (see on
Es 7:14;
Es 40:3;
Es 52:10-
Es 52:12).
standard--for the dispersed Jews to rally round, with a view to their return (
Es 49:22;
Es 11:12).
11 salvation--embodied in the Saviour (see
Zc 9:9).
his work--rather, recompense (
Es 40:10).
12 Sought out--Sought after and highly prized by Jehovah; answering to "not forsaken" in the parallel clause; no longer abandoned, but loved; image from a wife (
Es 62:4;
Jr 30:14).
Messiah, approaching Jerusalem after having avenged His people on His and their enemies, is represented under imagery taken from the destruction of "Edom," the type of the last and most bitter foes of God and His people (see
Es 34:5, &c.).