Isaiah 62:6
Upon thy wails, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen all the day, and all the night, they shall never hold their peace. You that are mindful of the Lord, hold not your peace,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
7And give him no silence till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Cross References
Genesis 32:26And he said to him: Let me go, for it is break of day. He answered: I will not let thee go except thou bless me.
2 Chronicles 8:14And he appointed according to the order of David his father the offices of the priests in their ministries: and the Levites in their order to give praise, and minister before the priests according to the duty of every day: and the porters in their divisions by gate and gate: for so David the man of God had commanded.
Psalms 74:18Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name.
Song of Solomon 3:3The watchmen who keep the city, found me: Have you seen him, whom my soul loveth?
Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all blind, they are all ignorant: dumb dogs not able to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping and loving dreams.
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 →