Yesaya 52:8

52:8 Listen, ¹  your watchmen shout;

in unison they shout for joy,

for they see with their very own eyes ² 

the Lord’s return to Zion.

Yesaya 62:6

62:6 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!

Yeremia 6:17

6:17 The Lord said, ⁶ 

“I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, ⁷  saying:

‘Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!’” ⁸ 

But they said, “We will not pay attention!”

[52:8]  ¹ tn קוֹל (qol, “voice”) is used at the beginning of the verse as an interjection.

[52:8]  ² tn Heb “eye in eye”; KJV, ASV “eye to eye”; NAB “directly, before their eyes.”

[62:6]  ³ sn The speaker here is probably the prophet.

[62:6]  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.

[62:6]  ⁵ tn Or “invoke”; NIV “call on”; NASB, NRSV “remind.”

[6:17]  ⁶ tn These words are not in the text but are implicit in the interchange of pronouns in the Hebrew of vv. 16-17. They are supplied in the translation here for clarity.

[6:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “I appointed watchmen over you.”

[6:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet.” The word “warning” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.