King James Version
Isaiah 62:2 in the King James Version says “And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 62 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.”
Isaiah 62:2 · KJV
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.
And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name.
Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God.
Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. Hephzibah: that is, My delight is in her Beulah: that is, Married
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“And the Gentiles”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“thy righteousness”
H6664the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“thy glory”
H3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
“and thou shalt be called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“shall name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which the mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“of the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“name”
H5344to puncture, literally (to perforate, with more or less violence) or figuratively (to specify, designate, libel)
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