Isaiah 62:4
4. be termed—be "forsaken," so as that that term could be applicable to thee.
Hephzi-bah— (2Ki 21:1), the name of Hezekiah's wife, a type of Jerusalem, as Hezekiah was of Messiah (Isa 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 (Isa 54:4-6; Re 21:2, 4). land . . . married—to Jehovah as its Lord and Husband: implying not only ownership, but protection on the part of the Owner [HORSLEY].
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