Isaiah 62:6-10

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.”

10 Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations.

Isaiah 62:6-10 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
• 10. S Psalms 24:7; S Isaiah 60:11
• 11. Isaiah 57:14
• 12. S Isaiah 11:16
• 13. S Isaiah 11:10