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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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God addresses Jerusalem, declaring that He has placed watchmen on its walls to pray without ceasing, immediately following the covenant marriage metaphor of verse 5.
The words — The text uses הִפְקַדְתִּי (hifkadti), meaning "I have appointed" or "I have posted," paired with שֹׁמְרִים (shomrim), literally "watchmen," to describe a permanent divine assignment on the city's fortifications.
The thread — The watchman motif appears in Isaiah 52:8, where watchmen lift their voices at the LORD's return, Ezekiel 3:17, where God makes a prophet a watchman to warn Israel, and Psalms 134:1, which summons temple night-watchers to bless the LORD.
Why it lands — The verse demands that those who call on the LORD abandon personal comfort and persist in intercession until God establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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,
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- Psalms 134:1 A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD who serve by night in the house of the LORD!
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
- 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!’
- Isaiah 56:10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
- Hebrews 13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
- Ezekiel 33:2 “Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
- Luke 11:5 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
- Genesis 32:26 Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”