Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
Cross-reference
In Isaiah 62:4, the land is called 'Married' and God delights in her, setting up the marriage rejoicing in verse 5.
Isaiah 9:17 states the Lord does not rejoice over wicked people—a direct opposite of God rejoicing over His bride here. Strong contrast.
Isaiah 5:7 describes God looking for justice but finding bloodshed—contrasting starkly with the joyful marriage here where God delights in restored Zion.
Isaiah 49:17 speaks of sons hastening to rebuild Zion—parallel to 'your sons shall marry you' in Isaiah 62:5, both about restoration through children.
Isaiah 65:19 repeats God's joy over Jerusalem, reinforcing the promise of divine delight in His people.
Revelation 19:7 celebrates the marriage of the Lamb, the eschatological fulfillment of God rejoicing over His people.
Deuteronomy 28:63 inverts delight to destruction for disobedience, contrasting the rejoicing over the bride.
Ephesians 5:32 explicitly identifies the marriage mystery as Christ and the church, revealing the typological fulfillment of this verse.
2 Corinthians 11:2 uses betrothal imagery for the church's relationship to Christ, directly paralleling the marriage metaphor here.
Romans 7:4 applies the marriage metaphor to believers' union with Christ, echoing the OT image of God rejoicing over Israel.
John 3:29 explicitly calls Jesus the bridegroom and speaks of joy—direct typological fulfillment of God rejoicing over His bride.
In Zephaniah 3:17, God rejoices over His people with gladness and loud singing—directly parallel to the bridegroom rejoicing over the bride.
Psalm 149:4 says the LORD takes pleasure in His people—directly paralleling God rejoicing over His bride here. Same theme of divine delight in His people.
Jeremiah 32:41 speaks of God rejoicing to do good to his people, reflecting the same joy as the bridegroom rejoicing over his bride here.
Psalm 45:11-16 describes a royal wedding, mirroring the bridegroom rejoicing over the bride used here for God's joy over Zion.
Deuteronomy 30:9 promises God will again delight in prospering Israel, echoing the joy of God over His bride.
Song of Solomon 3:11 describes the bridegroom's joy on his wedding day, paralleling the image of God rejoicing over His bride.