Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 62:6
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6. I —Isaiah speaking in the person of the Messiah. watchmen upon . . . walls —image from the watches set upon a city's wall to look out for the approach of a messenger with good tidings ( Isaiah 52:7 ; Isaiah 52:8 ); the good tidings of the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon, prefiguring the return from the present dispersion (compare Isaiah 21:6-11 ; Isaiah 56:10 ; Ezekiel 3:17 ; Ezekiel 33:7 ). The watches in the East are announced by a loud cry to mark the vigilance of the watchmen. ye that . . . mention . . . Lord — Hebrew, "ye that are the Lord's remembrancers"; God's servants who by their prayers "put God in remembrance" of His promises ( Ezekiel 33:7- : ); we are required to remind God, as if God could, which He cannot, forget His promises ( Psalms 119:49 ; Jeremiah 14:21 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"
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