But it was because the Lord loved(A) you and kept the oath he swore(B) to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand(C) and redeemed(D) you from the land of slavery,(E) from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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15 Yet the Lord set his affection on your ancestors and loved(A) them, and he chose you,(B) their descendants, above all the nations—as it is today.(C)

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15 Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

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19 He brought me out into a spacious place;(A)
    he rescued me because he delighted in me.(B)

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19 He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

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“He trusts in the Lord,” they say,
    “let the Lord rescue him.(A)
Let him deliver him,(B)
    since he delights(C) in him.”

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He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

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23 The Lord makes firm the steps(A)
    of the one who delights(B) in him;

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23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way.

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11 I know that you are pleased with me,(A)
    for my enemy does not triumph over me.(B)

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11 By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.

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Then my enemies will turn back(A)
    when I call for help.(B)
    By this I will know that God is for me.(C)

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When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.

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11 the Lord delights(A) in those who fear him,(B)
    who put their hope(C) in his unfailing love.(D)

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11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

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20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(A)
    but he delights(B) in those whose ways are blameless.(C)

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20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

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No longer will they call you Deserted,(A)
    or name your land Desolate.(B)
But you will be called Hephzibah,[a](C)
    and your land Beulah[b];
for the Lord will take delight(D) in you,
    and your land will be married.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:4 Hephzibah means my delight is in her.
  2. Isaiah 62:4 Beulah means married.

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.

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Breaking Covenant Through Injustice

17 You have wearied(A) the Lord with your words.

“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(B)

By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(C) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(D)

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17 Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

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