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Isaiah 62:1

Isaiah 62:1 is verse 1 of Isaiah chapter 62, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.

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King James Version

For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.

World English Bible

For Zion’s sake I will not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness shines out like the dawn, and her salvation like a burning lamp.

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Isaiah 62:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.

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.

3 You will be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem in the palm of your God.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isaiah 62:6

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

Isaiah 62:7

nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.

Psalms 51:18

In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalms 102:13

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.

Psalms 102:14

For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

Psalms 102:15

So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

Psalms 102:16

For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

Psalms 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

Psalms 122:7

May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

Psalms 122:8

For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

Psalms 122:9

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Psalms 137:6

May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

Zechariah 2:12

And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.

Luke 10:2

And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.

2 Thessalonians 3:1

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread quickly and be held in honor, just as it was with you.

Hebrews 7:25

Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

Isaiah 1:26

I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

Isaiah 1:27

Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.

Isaiah 32:15

until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 32:16

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

Isaiah 32:17

The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

Isaiah 51:5

My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.

Isaiah 51:9

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?

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.

Isaiah 61:11

For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

Psalms 98:1

Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.

Psalms 98:2

The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.

Psalms 98:3

He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Proverbs 4:18

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining brighter and brighter until midday.

Micah 4:2

And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Matthew 5:16

In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Luke 2:30

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

Luke 2:31

which You have prepared in the sight of all people,

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

Philippians 2:15

so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

Philippians 2:16

as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

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