Isaiah 62:6 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 62:6

On 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,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah’s remembrancers, take ye no rest,

KJV

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 6, 7.) I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, who shall never hold their peace day or night: you who make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, and give him no rest, until he establishes, and until he makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. LXX: And upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen, who shall never hold their peace day or night, remembering the Lord: there is no one like you, if he corrects you, and he will make Jerusalem rejoice upon the earth.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem,.... Not angels, as Jarchi; nor kings, as Kimchi; nor princes and civil magistrates, as others; nor the mourners in Zion, as Aben Ezra; but ministers of the Gospel; as the prophets of the Old Testament are called watch men, Isa 21:11, so ministers of the New, Isa 52:8 who are to watch in all things over themselves, and for the souls of men; for their good, and to guard them against that which is evil, pernicious, and dangerous, both in principle and practice, 2Ti 4:

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence - The faithful, and in particular the priests and Levites, are exhorted by the prophet to beseech God with unremitted importunity (compare Luk 18:1, etc.) to hasten the redemption of Sion. The image in this place is taken from the temple service; in which there was appointed a constant watch, day and night, by the Levites: and among them this seems to have belonged particularly to the singers, see 1Ch 9:

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2189: “A Call To Prayer and Testimony” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1891)

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
חוֹמֹתַ֣יִךְ	cho.mo.Ta.yikh	walls your	H2346 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	O Jerusalem	H3389 →
הִפְקַ֙דְתִּי֙	hif.Kad.ti	I have appointed	H6485 →
שֹֽׁמְרִ֔ים	sho.me.Rim	watchmen	H8104 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַיּ֧וֹם	hai.Yom	the day	H3117 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
הַלַּ֛יְלָה	ha.Lay.lah	the night	H3915 →
תָּמִ֖יד	ta.Mid	continually	H8548 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יֶחֱשׁ֑וּ	ye.che.Shu	they will be silent	H2814 →
הַמַּזְכִּרִים֙	ha.maz.ki.Rim	O those [who] cause to remember	H2142 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יְהוָ֔ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אַל־	'al-	[let] not	H408 →
דֳּמִ֖י	do.Mi	rest	H1824 →
לָכֶֽם׃	la.Khem	[belong] to you

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray without ceasing.
leads to
- Romans 12:12
  Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
- Colossians 4:2
  Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful,
- Ephesians 6:18
  Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
- Luke 18:1
  Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- Luke 21:36
  So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Through
Jeremiah 6:17
I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
leads to
- Jeremiah 25:4
  And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.
- 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.
Through
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.
leads to
- Ezekiel 33:7
  As 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.