"A New Name", Chapter Twenty-Three

 REASSURANCE, comfort, hope of restoration -that is what despondent Jews in Babylon need. Several decades have passed since Jerusalem and its temple were destroyed.  Some 500 miles away from Babylon, Judah lies desolate, and the Jews seem to have been forgotten by Jehovah.  What can improve their situation?  Promises from Jehovah that he will bring them back home and allow them  to restore pure worship.  Then such descriptions as "left entirely" and  "desolate" will be replaced by names denoting God's approval.  (Isaiah 62:4; Zechariah 2:12) Chapter 62 of Isaiah is full of these promises. However, like other restoration prophecies, this chapter touches on issues far beyond the liberation of the Jews from captivity in Babylon.  In its major  fulfillment, Isaiah chapter 62 assures us that salvation of Jehovah's spiritual nation, "the Israel of God," is certain. -Galatians 6:16.

Next time: Jehovah Does Not Stay Quiet

From the Book Isaiah's Prophecy Light for all Mankind, Volume II, 2001