Isaiah 62:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לְמַ֤עַן צִיּוֹן֙ לֹ֣א אֶחֱשֶׁ֔ה וּלְמַ֥עַן יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם לֹ֣א אֶשְׁק֑וֹט עַד־יֵצֵ֤א כַנֹּ֙גַהּ֙ צִדְקָ֔הּ וִישׁוּעָתָ֖הּ כְּלַפִּ֥יד יִבְעָֽר׃

Transliteration

For lᵉmaʿan ṣiyyôn not ʾeḥĕšeh and for lᵉmaʿan yᵉrûšālaim not ʾešqôṭ until-goes-forth as-the-nōgah ṣidqāh and-yᵉšûʿātāh as-lappîd yibʿār

Grammar Details

• *lᵉmaʿan*: preposition - for the sake of
• *ṣiyyôn*: proper noun, feminine - Zion
• *ʾeḥĕšeh*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will be silent/quiet
• *yᵉrûšālaim*: proper noun, feminine - Jerusalem
• *ʾešqôṭ*: Qal imperfect 1st person singular - I will rest/be quiet
• *yēṣēʾ*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it will go forth
• *nōgah*: noun, feminine singular - brightness/dawn/light
• *ṣidqāh*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her righteousness
• *yᵉšûʿātāh*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her salvation
• *lappîd*: noun, masculine singular - torch/flame
• *yibʿār*: Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular - it burns/will burn

Word Meanings

• *lᵉmaʿan*: for the sake of/because of/on account of
• *ʾeḥĕšeh*: I will be silent/I will keep quiet/I will refrain from speaking
• *ʾešqôṭ*: I will rest/I will be quiet/I will be still
• *nōgah*: brightness/radiance/dawn/daybreak
• *ṣidqāh*: righteousness/justice/vindication
• *yᵉšûʿātāh*: salvation/deliverance/victory
• *yibʿār*: burns/consumes/blazes

Referenced Verses

• Isa 62:6-7 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
• Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
• 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
• Isa 32:15-17 : 15 Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. 17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
• Ps 51:18 : 18 Do good{H8685)} in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build{H8799)} thou the walls of Jerusalem.
• Ps 98:1-3 : 1 A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. 2 The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Ps 102:13-16 : 13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
• Matt 5:16 : 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
• Luke 2:30-32 : 30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
• Phil 2:15-16 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
• Heb 7:25 : 25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
• Isa 61:10-11 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
• 2 Thess 3:1 : 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:
• Mic 4:2 : 2 And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
• Zech 2:12 : 12 And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
• Ps 122:6-9 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
• Ps 137:6 : 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
• Isa 51:5-6 : 5 My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
• Isa 1:26-27 : 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
• Isa 51:9 : 9 Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
• Luke 10:2 : 2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.