Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Isaiah 52:8

Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

The voice of thy watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah returneth to Zion.

KJV

Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

⋯

Commentary

3 voices

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ק֥וֹלKol[the] voice ofH6963 →
צֹפַ֛יִךְtzo.Fa.yikhwatchmen yourH6822 →
נָ֥שְׂאוּNa.se.'uthey will lift upH5375 →
ק֖וֹלKola voiceH6963 →
יַחְדָּ֣וyach.DavtogetherH3162 →
יְרַנֵּ֑נוּye.ra.Ne.nuthey will shout for joyH7442 →
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
עַ֤יִן'A.yineyeH5869 →
בְּעַ֙יִן֙be.'A.yinin eyeH5869 →
יִרְא֔וּyir.'Uthey will seeH7200 →
בְּשׁ֥וּבbe.Shuvwhen returnsH7725 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צִיּֽוֹן׃tzi.YonZionH6726 →

The walk

Related verses

18 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Isaiah 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,2 Chronicles 5:13The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloudEzekiel 33:7As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.Isaiah 30:26The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.1 Corinthians 13:12Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.Isaiah 40:9Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”1 Corinthians 1:10I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.Zephaniah 3:9For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.Isaiah 35:10So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.Jeremiah 6:17I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’Isaiah 48:20Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.Jeremiah 31:6–7For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”Isaiah 26:1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

Featured studies on this passage

The Crossing of the Red Sea — Nicolas Poussin

On Isaiah 52:8

The Exodus — Redemption's Master-Type

Open the study →

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré

On Isaiah 52:8

The Watchman

Open the study →

Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan — Raphael

Walks through Isaiah 52

The Armor of God

Roman legionary equipment surveyed by Paul as Christian discipline (Eph 6:10–18). Six pieces of armor and a seventh element — prayer — that is posture, not armor. Every piece carries an OT echo.

Open the study →

Ecce Homo — Antonio Ciseri

Walks through Isaiah 52

The Suffering Servant

Isaiah 52:13–53:12 — the single most extensive and specific messianic prophecy in the Old Testament, preserved in a scroll that predates Christ by more than a century.

Open the study →

Walks through Isaiah 52

Unequally Yoked, MannaFest

Open the study →

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Isaiah: the study guide →Read chapter 52 →The featured study →
Continue: Isaiah 52 →