(Isa. liv. 5-8. r.v.)

“Thou shalt be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,

And a royal diadem in the hand of thy God,

Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken;

Neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate;

But thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah (i.e., my delight is in her),

And thy land Beulah (i.e., married);

For the Lord delighteth in thee,

And thy land shall be married.

For as a young man marrieth a virgin,