Hephzibah For My Daughter Jamie

What Isaiah has to say in Chapter 62 of his book in the Old Testament of the Bible is about Zion's glory and a new name is given. In prayer, My daughter, Jamie Lee Winter, is given this name: Hephzibah, "My delight is in her"!  I feel this is the name Dad would have pick for her as well!


For this blog, I am writing out the whole chapter of Isaiah 62.


Isaiah 62:1
For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
        And for Jerusalem's sake I will not keep quiet,
        Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness,
        And her salvation like a torch that is burning.
2. The nations will see your righteousness,
       And all kings your glory;
       And you will be called by a new name
       Which the mouth of the LORD will designate.
3. You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD,
       And a royal diadem in the hand of God.
4. It will no longer be said to you, "Forsaken,"
       Nor to your land will it any longer be said, "Desolate";
       But you will be called, "My delight is in her,"
       And your  land, "Married";
       For the LORD delights in you,
       And to Him your land will be married.
       For as a young man marries a virgin,
       So your sons will marry you;
       And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
       So your God will rejoice over you.
6. On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen;
       All day and all night they will never keep silent.
       You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves;
7. And give Him no rest until He establishes
       And makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
8. The LORD has sworn by
       His right hand and by His strong arm,
       "I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies;
       Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored."
9. But those who garner it will eat it and praise the LORD;
       And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary.
10. Go through, go through the gates,
       Clear the way for the people;
       Build up, build up the highway,
       Remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples.
11. Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth,
       Say to the daughter of Zion, "Lo, your salvation comes;
       Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him."
12. And they will call them, "The holy people,
       The redeemed of the LORD";
       And you will be called, "Sought out, a city not forsaken."