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Verse Isaiah 62:6. _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 importunit...
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I HAVE SET WATCHMEN UPON THY WALLS - (See the notes at Isaiah 21:6).
The speaker here is undoubtedly Yahweh; and by watchmen he means those
whom he had appointed to be the instructors of his people -...
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CHAPTER 62
Zion's Glory
1. _He will not rest (Isaiah 62:1) _ 2. _The new names (Isaiah 62:2) _
3. _The intercession and the answer (Isaiah 62:6) _ 4. The
accomplishment at hand ...
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ISAIAH 62:6 F. Yahweh has appointed heavenly beings as an invisible
guard of Jerusalem: their duty ever to sound in His ears, till its
fulfilment, His promise to make her a renown in the earth.
ISAIA...
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DAY NOR NIGHT. Hebrew all the day and all the night.
YE THAT MAKE MENTION OF. ye that remind....
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Jehovah hears perpetually the voice of importunate intercession
ascending for the ruined walls of Jerusalem. This is the thought
poetically expressed in the two verses, but the details of the
concepti...
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_I have set … walls_ Another translation might be: "I have appointed
guardians of thy walls." The verb for "set" means strictly
"commission," and the thing put in commission is expressed by the
prep....
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DISCOURSE: 1010
DUTY OF INTERCEDING FOR THE CHURCH
Isaiah 62:6. _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, k...
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I HAVE SET WATCHMEN, &C.— As much as to say, "since God, by the
peculiar blessing of his providence, hath placed watchmen upon the
walls of Jerusalem, who shall constantly watch for its safety;
theref...
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2. NEW NOURISHMENT
TEXT: Isaiah 62:6-9
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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.
7...
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62:6 remembrance, (f-27) Lit. 'think of Jehovah with loud voice.'...
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1. The speaker is probably Jehovah Himself. HOLD MY PEACE] cp. Isaiah
42:14. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS] i.e. her vindication, the setting of her
right in the eyes of the world (cp. Isaiah 58:8). SALVATION] i....
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WATCHMEN] These are angelic beings who report to Jehovah what happens
on earth, and intercede for mercy to Zion (Zechariah 1:11).
YE THAT MAKE, etc.] RV 'ye that are the Lord's remembrancers, take ye...
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In ancient times, official *look-outs stood on city walls. Their duty
was vital. It was to warn the inhabitants when any danger approached.
Or to signal urgent messages to another city. In this verse,...
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ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS
GOD’S PROMISES TO HIS SPECIAL PEOPLE
ISAIAH CHAPTER S 58 TO 66
_NORMAN HILLYER_
CHAPTER 62
*JERUSALEM’S NEW NAME
V1 I will not be silent about *Jerusalem. Nor...
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In this passage, ‘you’ means the city called Jerusalem and its
inhabitants....
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I HAVE SET WATCHMEN UPON THY WALLS... — The “watchmen” have been
differently interpreted as (1) angelic guardians and (2) prophets.
Zechariah 1:12, and Daniel 10:16 may be alleged in favour of (1), bu...
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עַל ־חֹומֹתַ֣יִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם
הִפְקַ֨דְתִּי֙ שֹֽׁמְרִ֔ים כָּל...
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THE LAND OF BEULAH
Isaiah 62:1-12
_The Intercessor_, Isaiah 62:1-4. Messiah is speaking here. Throughout
the ages, He ever lives to make intercession. He asks that His Church
may be one, that the hea...
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Having thus dealt with the material prosperity, and with the spiritual
realization, the prophet now describes in greater detail the
vocational fulfilment. Speaking as in the midst of circumstances of...
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I have set (h) watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall
never hold their peace day nor night: (i) ye that make mention of the
LORD, keep not silence,
(h) Prophets, pastors and ministers....
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_Watchmen; priests and prophets, (Matthew ii. 1., and Psalm cxxxiii.
2.; Calmet) or angels. (St. Jerome; St. Bernard) --- The synagogue has
long been destitute of guides, but the Catholic Church has a...
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Here we see, in whose appointment ministers are, and what ought to
distinguish the earnestness of their labours. What can be more
blessed, and what service so honourable, as to be always engaged in
sp...
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6._On thy walls. _As the Prophet intended to describe the perfect
happiness of the kingdom of Christ, so he makes an assemblage of all
that belongs to the prosperous condition of any country or city....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 61 AND 62.
As Chapter s 50-53 presented Christ in His sufferings, chapter 61
exhibits Him in the full grace of His Person concerned in the blessing
of Israel....
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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...
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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,
Ver. 6. _I have set watchmen upon thy walls,_]...
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_I have set watchmen_, &c. The word שׁומרים, thus rendered,
signifies properly those priests and Levites who kept watch day and
night about the temple, and is from them applied to the spiritual
watchm...
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I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, the prophets and
teachers who were to be on the lookout for the enemies, lest disaster
overtake His flock, WHICH SHALL NEVER HOLD THEIR PEACE DAY NOR N...
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ZION THE BRIDE OF JEHOVAH.
The prophecy concerning the glory of Zion's perfection here reaches
the highest point of exaltation: _ the congregation of the redeemed as
the bride and spouse of the Lord....
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YE THAT MAKE MENTION OF THE LORD:
Or, ye that are the Lords remembrancers...
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6-9 God's professing people must be a praying people. He is not
displeased with us for being earnest, as men commonly are; he bids us
to cry after him, and give him no rest, Luke 11:5; Luke 11:6. It...
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WATCHMEN; understand by these, either, 1. _Angels_, as they are
called, DANIEL 4:13,23. Or 2. _Magistrates_: see ISAIAH 56:10, or
rather, 3. _Ministers_. When once the church shall be restored again,...
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Isaiah 62:6 set H6485 (H8689) watchmen H8104 (H8802) walls H2346
Jerusalem H3389 never H8548 peace H2814 ...
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ISAIAH CALLS ON HIS FOLLOWERS TO BE WATCHMEN AND PREPARERS OF THE WAY
(ISAIAH 62:6).
These words probably to be seen as the words of Isaiah, although they
could till be the words of the Anointed One....
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Isaiah 62:1
The speaker of these words is the personal Messiah. Notice the
remarkable parallelism in the expressions selected as the text: "I
will not hold My peace;" the watchmen "shall never hold _t...
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CONTENTS: Restoration of Israel to God's favor, and honor with the
nations.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ.
CONCLUSION: Israel's full salvation is sure to come when they are
regathered and their Redeemer r...
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Isaiah 62:1. _For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace._ The Redeemer
speaks by his prophet; the zeal of his Father's house absorbed his
soul. He imparted his Spirit to the apostles; they could not be...
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_I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem_
THE WATCHMAN’S CALL
The prosperity of the kingdom of Jesus Christ, which teaches the
Gentile world through Hebrew channels, depends on two
condition...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 62:6 JERUSALEM here is the new city of God,
where his people will dwell in safety and righteousness forever (see
Revelation 21:2,...
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THE HEAVENLY WORKERS AND THE EARTHLY WATCHERS
Isaiah 62:1; Isaiah 62:6. _For Zion’s sake will I not hold My peace.
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, &c._
Two expository remarks.
1. Th...
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EXPOSITION
ISAIAH 62:1
FURTHER GRACIOUS PROMISES MADE TO ISRAEL BY "THE SERVANT." Some regard
the speaker in this chapter as Jehovah; some as the prophet, or the
prophetical order; some as "the Serva...
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In chapter 62, God continues to speak of the restoration of Israel.
For Zion's sake [that is, Jerusalem] will I not hold my peace, and for
Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness th...
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1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Acts
10:31;...
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Day nor night — There shall be a vigilant and industrious ministry.
Ye — That is, are his servants. And here especially are meant his
servants in ordinary, his remembrancers, such as put God in mind o...