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, keep not silence,”
Isaiah 62:6 — King James Version
Verse 6 of 12 in Isaiah chapter 62 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Isaiah 62:6 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on Yahweh, take no rest,”
- American Standard Version
- “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,”
Isaiah 62 — full chapter (King James Version)
For ’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for ’s sake I will not rest, until the thereof go forth as brightness, and the thereof as a that burneth. And the shall see thy , and all kings thy : and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. Thou shalt also be a crown of in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed ; neither shall thy land any more be termed : but thou shalt be called -bah, and thy land : for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O , which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make a praise in the earth. The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highways; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of , Behold, thy cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.