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,
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Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. …
A Song of degrees. Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD. …
Pray without ceasing.
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-9)Two things are here promised to Jerusalem:— I. Plenty of the means of grace—abundance of good preaching and good praying ( Isa. 62:6 , 7 ), and this shows the method God takes when he designs mercy for a people; he first brings them to their duty and pours out a spirit of prayer upon them, and then brings salvation to them. Provision is made, 1. That ministers may do their duty as watchmen. It is…
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