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Isaiah 62:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,

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And you said, Truly, I will be good to you, and make your seed like the sand of the sea which may not be numbered.

And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.

And he gave the divisions of the priests their places for their work, as ordered by his father David, and to the Levites he gave their work of praise and waiting on the priests, to do what was needed day by day; and he gave the door-keepers their places in turn at every door; for so David, the man of God, had given orders.

May peace be inside your walls, and wealth in your noble houses.

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

Keep in mind your band of worshippers, for whom you gave payment in the days which are past, whom you took for yourself as the people of your heritage; even this mountain of Zion, which has been your resting-place.

The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire?

The keepers who go about the town overtook me; they gave me blows and wounds; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

Put me in mind of this; let us take up the cause between us: put forward your cause, so that you may be seen to be in the right.

See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.

The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion.

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dogs without tongues, unable to make a sound; stretched out dreaming, loving sleep.

Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.

Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken.

And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.

Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame.

Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?

And those who were in front made protests and said to him, Be quiet: but he said all the more, O Son of David, have mercy on me.

Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.

And God has put some in the church, first, Apostles; second, prophets; third, teachers; then those with wonder-working powers, then those with the power of taking away disease, helpers, wise guides, users of strange tongues.

Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

And they gave a great cry, saying, How long will it be, O Ruler, holy and true, before you take your place as judge and give punishment for our blood to those on the earth?




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