6. I--Isaiah speaking in the person of the Messiah.
watchmen upon . . . walls--image from the watches set upon a city's
wall to look out for the approach of a messenger with good tidings
(Isa 52:7, 8);
the good tidings of the return of the Jewish exiles from Babylon,
prefiguring the return from the present dispersion (compare
Isa 21:6-11; 56:10;
Eze 3:17; 33:7).
The watches in the East are announced by a loud cry to mark the
vigilance of the watchmen.
ye that . . . mention . . . Lord--Hebrew, "ye that are the
Lord's remembrancers"; God's servants who by their prayers "put God in
remembrance" of His promises
(Isa 43:26);
we are required to remind God, as if God could, which He cannot,
forget His promises
(Ps 119:49;
Jer 14:21).
JFB.
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