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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; they shall never hold their peace all day and all night: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, take ye no rest,
 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 righteous is as the shining light{HR}Going on and brightening to 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; they shall never hold their peace all day and all night: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, take ye no rest,
 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 to Zion;{HR}Build the walls of Jerusalem. (Psa. 51:18)
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Psa. 102:13‑16• 13{i}Thou{/i} wilt arise, thou wilt compassionate Zion,{HR}For [it is] time to be gracious to her,{HR}For the set time is come.
 14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones{HR}And are gracious to her dust.
 15And nations shall fear Jehovah's name,{HR}And all kings of the earth thy glory.
 16For Jehovah hath built Zion,{HR}He is seen in his glory, (Psa. 102:13‑16)
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Psa. 122:6‑9• 6Pray for Jerusalem's peace:{HR}May they prosper that love thee.
 7Peace be within thy bulwark,{HR}Prosperity within thy palaces.
 8For my brethren and companions' sake,{HR}Let me now speak, Peace [be] within thee.
 9For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God,{HR}I will seek thy good. (Psa. 122:6‑9)
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Psa. 137:6• 6Let my tongue cleave to my palate, if I do not remember thee,{HR}If I do not raise Jerusalem above my chief joy. (Psa. 137:6)
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Zech. 2:12• 12And Jehovah shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. (Zech. 2:12)
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Luke 10:2• 2{i}And he said to them,{/i} The harvest indeed [is] great, but the workmen few, supplicate therefore the Lord of the harvest {i}that he may send out workmen into his harvest.{/i} (Luke 10:2)
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2 Thess. 3:1• 1For the rest, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord may run and be glorified, even as also with you; (2 Thess. 3:1)
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Heb. 7:25• 25Whence also he is able to save completely those that approach God through him, as ever living to intercede 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 after that shalt thou be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful town.
 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 become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
 16And judgment shall inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
 17And the work of righteousness shall be peace, and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. (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 peoples: the isles shall wait for 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 forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
 9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the ancient days, the generations of old. [Art] thou not he that cut Rahab in pieces, [and] wounded the monster? (Isa. 51:5‑6,9)
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Isa. 61:10‑11• 10I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, 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 the turban, 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 Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. (Isa. 61:10‑11)
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Psa. 98:1‑3• 1A psalm.{HR}Sing ye to Jehovah a new song,{HR}For he hath done wonders;{HR}His right hand hath wrought salvation for him,{HR}And the arm of his holiness.
 2Jehovah hath made known his salvation;{HR}In the eyes of the nations he openly showed his righteousness.
 3He remembered his mercy and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;{HR}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 righteous is as the shining light{HR}Going on and brightening to the perfect day. (Prov. 4:18)
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Mic. 4:2• 2{i}And{/i} many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah from Jerusalem. (Mic. 4:2)
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Matt. 5:16• 16Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your comely works, and glorify your Father that is in the heavens. (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 peoples;
 32a light for revelation of [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 sincere, irreproachable children of God amidst a crooked and perverse generation, among whom ye shine as lights in [the] world,
 16holding forth [the] word of life, for a boast to me in Christ's day, that not in vain I ran nor in vain laboured. (Phil. 2:15‑16)
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1 Peter 2:9• 9But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth.