King James Version
Isaiah 62:7 in the King James Version says “And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. rest: Heb. silence” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 62 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. rest: Heb. silence”
Isaiah 62:7 · KJV
For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. as the: Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom
I 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, make: or, are the LORD's remembrancers
And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. rest: Heb. silence
The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: Surely: Heb. If I give, etc
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“And give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“till he establish”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“and till he make”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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