For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go out as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burns. The nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory, and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of Yahweh shall name. You shall also be a crown of beauty in the hand of Yahweh, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. You shall no more be termed Forsaken; […]
⛓ Read Isaiah 62 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
Zion as bride married to God: 'as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride... so shall your God rejoice over you'; the city given a new name. Supports the New Jerusalem-as-bride identification.
Medium confidenceEcho1
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The address to a beloved "lady" personifying the covenant community recalls the OT habit of personifying Zion/Jerusalem as a woman (daughter of Zion, the bride). The figure of the church as an elect woman with children stands in this tradition.
Low confidence