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Isaiah 62

Isa. 62:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For Zion’s
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
sake will I not hold my peace
chashah (Hebrew #2814)
to hush or keep quiet
KJV usage: hold peace, keep silence, be silent, (be) still.
Pronounce: khaw-shaw'
Origin: a primitive root
, and for Jerusalem’s
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
sake I will not rest
shaqat (Hebrew #8252)
to repose (usually figurative)
KJV usage: appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
Pronounce: shaw-kat'
Origin: a primitive root
p, until the righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
thereof go forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
as brightness
nogahh (Hebrew #5051)
brilliancy (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bright(-ness), light, (clear) shining.
Pronounce: no'-gah
Origin: from 5050
r, and the salvation
yshuw`ah (Hebrew #3444)
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
KJV usage: deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
Pronounce: yesh-oo'-aw
Origin: feminine passive participle of 3467
thereof as a lamp
lappiyd (Hebrew #3940)
from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame
KJV usage: (fire-)brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Pronounce: lap-peed'
Origin: or lappid {lap-peed'}
that burneth
ba`ar (Hebrew #1197)
to kindle, i.e. consume (by fire or by eating); also (as denominative from 1198) to be(-come) brutish
KJV usage: be brutish, bring (put, take) away, burn, (cause to) eat (up), feed, heat, kindle, set ((on fire)), waste.
Pronounce: baw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 62:6‑7• 6I 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,
 7And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. (Isa. 62:6‑7)
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Prov. 4:18• 18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. (Prov. 4:18)

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Jerusalem,
Lamp,
Rest,
Righteousness,
Salvation,
Zion; Sion; Mount Zion

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  The fervent desire of the prophet to confirm the church in God's promises.
6-9:  The office of the ministers (unto which they are incited) in preaching the Gospel,
10-12:  and preparing the people thereto.
Zion's.
Isa. 62:6‑7• 6I 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,
 7And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. (Isa. 62:6‑7)
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Psa. 51:18• 18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. (Psa. 51:18)
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Psa. 102:13‑16• 13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come.
 14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof.
 15So the heathen shall fear the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
 16When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. (Psa. 102:13‑16)
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Psa. 122:6‑9• 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
 7Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
 8For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
 9Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good. (Psa. 122:6‑9)
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Psa. 137:6• 6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. (Psa. 137:6)
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Zech. 2:12• 12And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. (Zech. 2:12)
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Luke 10:2• 2Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. (Luke 10:2)
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2 Thess. 3:1• 1Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: (2 Thess. 3:1)
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Heb. 7:25• 25Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. (Heb. 7:25)
the righteousness.
Isa. 1:26‑27• 26And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
 27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. (Isa. 1:26‑27)
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Isa. 32:15‑17• 15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
 16Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
 17And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. (Isa. 32:15‑17)
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Isa. 51:5‑6,9• 5My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
 6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
 9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? (Isa. 51:5‑6,9)
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Isa. 61:10‑11• 10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
 11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. (Isa. 61:10‑11)
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Psa. 98:1‑3• 1<<A Psalm.>> O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
 2The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen.
 3He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psa. 98:1‑3)
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Prov. 4:18• 18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. (Prov. 4:18)
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Mic. 4:2• 2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:2)
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Matt. 5:16• 16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matt. 5:16)
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Luke 2:30‑32• 30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
 31Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
 32A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. (Luke 2:30‑32)
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Phil. 2:15‑16• 15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
 16Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain. (Phil. 2:15‑16)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: (1 Peter 2:9)
• The Spirit of Christ which was in him, speaking through him, in keeping with what we read in 1 Peter 1:11. If the result of God’s work in Israel, and on behalf of Zion and Jerusalem, will bring such good to them and such praises to God, then there must be no rest until all is accomplished. (“Isaiah 62” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth.