For as a young man marrieth a virgin— Bishop Lowth justly observes, that in the passage before us, instead of sons we should read builder or creator; for the word is not in the plural of בן ben, a son, but of the participle benomi, from the verb בנה banah; and is parallel and synonymous to אלהיךֶ elohaiik, thy God, in the alternate member of this sentence. Compare chap. Isaiah 54:5. This reading will clear the prophet from the idea of representing Jerusalem as guilty of incest, in marrying her sons, and at the same time will add not only grace, but likewise force to the whole verse. See chap. Isaiah 49:17. The verse so rendered will run thus:
For, as a young man marrieth a virgin, So shall thy Creator marry thee: And as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, So shall thy God rejoice over thee.