Isa 62:4, Jer 30:14 | JFB | STEP | 4. be termed — be "forsaken," so as that that term could be applicable to thee. Hephzi-bah — ( ), the name of Hezekiah's wife, a type of Jerusalem, as Hezekiah was of Messiah ( ): "my delight is in her." Beulah —"Thou art married." See the same contrast of Zion's past and future state under the same figure ( ). land . . . married —to Jehovah as its Lord and Husband: implying not only ownership, but protection on the part of the Owner [HORSLEY ].

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].

Jeremiah 30:14

14. lovers—the peoples formerly allied to thee, Assyria and Egypt (compare La 1:2).

seek thee not—have cast away all concern for thee in thy distress.

wound of an enemy—a wound such as an enemy would inflict. God condescends to employ language adapted to human conceptions. He is incapable of "enmity" or "cruelty"; it was their grievous sin which righteously demanded a grievous punishment, as though He were an "enemy" (Jer 5:6; Job 13:24; 30:21).