Isaiah 62: You’ll be called Hephzibah and your land Beulah.
The best known song of singer and songwriter Squire Parsons is “Beulah Land.” That song is inspired by this passage, in fact those words are found nowhere else in the Bible. Isaiah is describing God’s love for the people he has created which is characterized by the love a groom has for his bride. Things have not gone well for Israel up to this point. Their sin separated them from God and brought destruction to their land. As a people they have earned the nickname “Rejected” and their land could be rightly called “Ruined.” Because of God’s love and forgiveness everything is going to change. The “Rejected” people will be restored and the “Ruined” land will be brought back under the protection of the Lord. The new name for God’s people will be “Hephzibah” or “My Delight” and the land will be called “Beulah” or “Married” — that is, the land will reflect its unique connection to the Lord. Squire Parsons took the idea of a land uniquely the Lord’s to refer to heaven and his song is that of God’s people who long to go to that place that is God’s very own.