Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 62:4

4 Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken ; neither shall thy land▪ any more be termed desolate : but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah , and thy land Beulah : for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married .

As a Woman forsaken by her Husband, contemptible, and of low esteem.

i. e. The Inhabitants of the Land, a Metonymy of the Subject.

Though it be now almost void of Inhabitants it shall be impeopled again.

i. e. Be▪ as you have frequently had such instances.

My delight is in her, a new Name agreeing with her new Condition.

Married, agreeing to her new Relation, she shall be as one well married, to the great improvement of her state. Ier. 3. 14. Hos. 2. 18, 19, 20.

Thou shalt see the encrease of thy Children again in thy Land, as the fruit of thy married condition, which by reason of thy being forsaken of thy Husband, were in a manner wasted and decayed: And this refers to the great enlargement of the Church in the Gospel days: Or rather, shall be possessed, as the word ba[illegible: 1+ letters]l properly signifies, and so it answers to desolate, thou shalt be no more desolate, but possessed, and this helps to solve a difficulty in the next verse, which otherwise may seem an impropriety, That the Sons should marry the Mother.

Marginal references: Hos. 1. 10. 1 Pet. 2. 10.; Ch. 54. 67.; That is, my delight is in her.; That is, married.