Isaiah 62:6
Over thy walls, O Jerusalem, have I appointed watchmen, all the day and all the night, continually, shall they not be silent: ye that make mention of the Lord, take ye no rest.
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Genesis 32:26And he said, Let me go, for the day hath dawned. And he said, I will not let thee go until thou hast blessed me.
2 Chronicles 8:14And he stationed, according to the prescription of David his father, the divisions of the priests at their service, and the Levites at their stations, to praise and minister next to the priests, in the requirement of every day on its day, and the gate-keepers in their divisions at every gate; for so was the charge of David the man of God.
Psalms 74:18Remember this, that the enemy hath defied the Lord, and that a worthless foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Song of Solomon 3:3Then found me the watchmen that walked about the city. “Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?”
Isaiah 43:26Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: relate thou, in order that thou mayest be justified.
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are all of them blind, they know nothing; they all are dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreamers, lying down, loving to slumber.
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 →