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I have appointed watchmen upon your walls, Jerusalem;
    all day and all night they shall never be silent.
You who profess Yahweh have no rest.
    And you must not give him rest until he establishes,
        and until he makes[a] Jerusalem an object of praise[b] in the earth.
Yahweh has sworn by his right hand,
    and by his mighty arm,[c]
“Surely I will never again give your grain as food to your enemies,[d]
    and surely foreigners[e] shall not drink your new wine at which you have labored.”
But those who gather it shall eat it, and they shall praise Yahweh,
    and those who gather it shall drink it in my holy courts.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:7 Literally “places”
  2. Isaiah 62:7 Literally “a praise”
  3. Isaiah 62:8 Literally “the arm of his might”
  4. Isaiah 62:8 Literally “those who are hostile to you”
  5. Isaiah 62:8 Literally “sons of a foreign country”
  6. Isaiah 62:9 Literally “the courts of my holiness”

“Upon your walls, Jerusalem,
    I have posted watchmen;
all day and all night
    they won’t[a] remain silent.
You who make mention of the Lord,
    take no rest,
and give him no rest
    until he prepares, establishes[b] and makes Jerusalem
        a song of praise throughout the earth.

“The Lord has sworn by his right hand
    and by his mighty arm:[c]
‘I will never again give your grain[d]
    as food for your enemies;
never[e] again will foreigners drink your new wine
    for which you have toiled;
but surely[f] those who harvest it will eat it
    and praise the name of[g] the Lord,
and those who gather it will drink it
    in the courts of my sanctuary,’ says your God.”[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 62:6 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX read never
  2. Isaiah 62:7 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read he establishes
  3. Isaiah 62:8 I.e. the Messiah
  4. Isaiah 62:8 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads I will never give your grain again
  5. Isaiah 62:8 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX read and never
  6. Isaiah 62:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; 1QIsab MT lack but surely
  7. Isaiah 62:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack the name of
  8. Isaiah 62:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack says your God