Isaiah 62:6-9

6 I have posted watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest,

7 and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.

8 The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain as food for your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled;

9 but those who harvest it will eat it and praise the LORD, and those who gather the grapes will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”

Isaiah 62:6-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 62

This chapter is a continuation of the prophecy of the glory of the church in the latter day. The prophet expresses his earnest desire for it, and his full assurance of it, Isa 62:1,2 which should lie in a new name, by which she should be called, and in her being a glorious crown and diadem in the hand of the Lord, Isa 62:3,4, in having her sons with her, and the Lord rejoicing over her, Isa 62:5, in having watchmen on her walls, and such as are the Lord's remembrancers in the midst of her, Isa 62:6,7, in plenty of food, Isa 62:8,9, in the coming of the Saviour, and in the gathering of elect Gentiles both to him and her, Isa 62:10-12.

Cross References

• 1. S Isaiah 52:8; Ezekiel 3:17; Hebrews 13:17
• 2. Psalms 132:4
• 3. Matthew 15:21-28; Luke 18:1-8
• 4. S Deuteronomy 26:19; S Isaiah 60:18
• 5. S Genesis 22:16; S Isaiah 14:24; S Isaiah 49:18
• 6. Deuteronomy 28:30-33; S Isaiah 1:7; Jeremiah 5:17
• 7. S Isaiah 1:19; Amos 9:14
• 8. S Deuteronomy 12:7; Joel 2:26
• 9. Leviticus 23:39