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Isaiah 62:6-8
New English Translation
Isaiah 62:6-8
New English Translation
6 I[a] post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
they should keep praying all day and all night.[b]
You who pray to[c] the Lord, don’t be silent!
7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem,[d]
until he makes Jerusalem the pride[e] of the earth.
8 The Lord swears an oath by his right hand,
by his strong arm:[f]
“I will never again give your grain
to your enemies as food,
and foreigners will not drink your wine,
which you worked hard to produce.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 62:6 sn The speaker here is probably the prophet.
- Isaiah 62:6 tn Heb “all day and all night continually they do not keep silent.” The following lines suggest that they pray for the Lord’s intervention and restoration of the city.
- Isaiah 62:6 tn Or “invoke”; NIV “call on”; NASB, NRSV “remind.”
- Isaiah 62:7 tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.
- Isaiah 62:7 tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”
- Isaiah 62:8 tn The Lord’s right hand and strong arm here symbolize his power and remind the audience that his might guarantees the fulfillment of the following promise.
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