Isaiah 62:6
I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,
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7And give him no rest, till he puts Jerusalem in her place to be praised in the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 32:26And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.
2 Chronicles 8:14And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.
Psalms 74:18Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.
Song of Solomon 3:3The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire?
Isaiah 43:26Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 62:2-6
The Prosperity of the Church. ( b. c. 706.) 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the Lord shall name. 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord , and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 4 Thou shalt no more be… Read the whole commentary →