Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Isaiah 62:6
ye that make mention of the LORD:
Or, ye that are the Lords remembrancers
ye that make mention of the LORD:
Or, ye that are the Lords remembrancers
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...
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 -...
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 ...
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...
DAY NOR NIGHT. Hebrew all the day and all the night. YE THAT MAKE MENTION OF. ye that remind....
_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....
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...
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...
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...
2. NEW NOURISHMENT TEXT: Isaiah 62:6-9 6 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...
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, I - Isaiah, speaking in the person of Messiah...
62:6 remembrance, (f-27) Lit. 'think of Jehovah with loud voice.'...
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...
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....
In this passage, ‘you’ means the city called Jerusalem and its inhabitants....
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...
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,...
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...
עַל ־חֹומֹתַ֣יִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הִפְקַ֨דְתִּי֙ שֹֽׁמְרִ֔ים כָּל...
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...
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...
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....
_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...
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...
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....
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....
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...
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,_]...
_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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
Isaiah 62:6 set H6485 (H8689) watchmen H8104 (H8802) walls H2346 Jerusalem H3389 never H8548 peace H2814 ...
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....
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 12:28; 1 Thessalonians 5:17; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Acts 10:31;...
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...