Discovery BoxIsaiah 62:1 
Context62:1 “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;
for the sake of Jerusalem 1 I will not be quiet,
until her vindication shines brightly 2
and her deliverance burns like a torch.”
Isaiah 62:6-7
Context62:6 I 3 post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
they should keep praying all day and all night. 4
You who pray to 5 the Lord, don’t be silent!
62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, 6
until he makes Jerusalem the pride 7 of the earth.
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
2 tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”
3 sn The speaker here is probably the prophet.
4 tn Heb “all day and all night continually they do not keep silent.” The following lines suggest that they pray for the Lord’s intervention and restoration of the city.
5 tn Or “invoke”; NIV “call on”; NASB, NRSV “remind.”
6 tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.
7 tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”
