Isaiah 62:7

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

and give him no rest, until he establish, and until he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

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דֳמִ֖י

dᵉmîy

H1824

“silence”

Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute

Appears 4× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Psalms 83:1

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H1820

TWOT: 438a

cessation, quiet, rest, silence, pause, peacefulness

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

12: words
10: distinct lemmas
Prophets: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is דֳמִ֖י silence H1824 — appearing just 4 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

דֳמִ֖י silence H1824 occurs in 4 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

3 verbs
4 nouns
3 prepositions
2 particles

Verb forms

תִּתְּנ֥וּ Qal · Jussive
יְכוֹנֵ֞ן Polel · Imperfect
יָשִׂ֧ים Qal · Imperfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

עַד until H5704 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 18 words from the Hebrew and 19 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 12 Hebrew tokens and 14 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Isaiah 62:7 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Jeremiah 33:9 [This city] shall be to me for a name of joy, for a praise and for a glory, before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them, and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure to it.
Zephaniah 3:19–20 Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you, and I will save those who are lame, and gather those who were driven away. I will give them praise and honor, whose shame has been in all the earth.
Isaiah 60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land, desolation nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise.
Luke 18:1–8 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
Matthew 6:9–10 Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
Isaiah 61:11–62:3 For as the earth brings forth its bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Yahweh will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
Revelation 11:15 The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!"
Matthew 6:13 Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.'

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Isaiah 62:7 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאַֽל תִּתְּנ֥וּ דֳמִ֖י ל֑וֹ עַד יְכוֹנֵ֞ן וְעַד יָשִׂ֧ים אֶת יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֛ם תְּהִלָּ֖ה בָּאָֽרֶץ

and give him no rest, until he establish, and until he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Isaiah 62:7 Septuagint · lemma form

οὐ εἰμί γάρ σύ ὅμοιος ἐάν διαὀρθόω καί ποιέω ἰερουσαλήμ ἀγαυρίαμα ἐπί ὁ γῆ

For there is none like you, when he shall have established, and made Jerusalem a praise on the earth.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

Targum Jonathan Prophets (Joshua–Malachi)

וְלָא יִפְסוֹק דָכְרַנְהוֹן מִן קָדָמוֹהִי עַד דִיתַקֵן וְעַד דִישַׁוֵי יַת יְרוּשְׁלֵם תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא בְּאַרְעָא:

Their remembrance shall not cease from before Him, till He establish and make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

Targum Jonathan — Aramaic: “Mikraot Gedolot” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “London "Chaldee Paraphrase," 1871” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Isaiah 62:7 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Isa 62:7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

Ver. 7. And give him no rest.] Heb., No silence; the same word as before, to quicken their diligence, and to set forth the necessity of the work. "Continue instant in prayer"; {Rom 12:12} give not in, but persevere, without remission or intermission.

Till he establish, till he make Jerusalem a praise.] Till he send the Messiah, who may restore Zion, set up and illustrate his Church, &c. Such lawful petitions from honest hearts have unmiscarrying returns.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

For the restoration whereof all the world shall praise him.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

no rest--Hebrew, "silence"; keep not silence yourselves, nor let Him rest in silence. Compare as to Messiah Himself, "I will not hold . . . peace . . . not rest" (Isa 62:1); Messiah's watchmen (Isa 62:6-7) imitate Him (Isa 62:1) in intercessory "prayer without ceasing" for Jerusalem (Psa 122:6; Psa 51:18); also for the spiritual Jerusalem, the Church (Luk 18:1, Luk 18:7; Rom 1:9).

a praise--(See on Isa 61:11; Zep 3:20).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

7. Keep not silence] Lit. “No silence to you!” The word rest in the next clause is the same as “silence.”

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And give him no rest,.... Not let him alone, as he desired that Moses would, but wrestle with him as Jacob did, and not let him go without the blessing; be importunate with him, as the widow with the unjust judge; and be incessant in prayer:

until he establish; his church; which, though founded by him, and built upon the sure foundation of his laying, upon a rock, against which the gates of hell cannot prevail; yet, as to its outward state, is sometimes fluctuating and unstable; it is not always in the same place, nor in the same circumstances; but in the latter day it will be established on the top of the mountains, and will be a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; which is the Lord's work to do, and which he has promised; and therefore may be prayed for in faith, nor should saints cease praying till it is done, Isa 2:2,

and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth; matter of praise; till the church and its members become famous in the world, and shall be praised by men, and God shall be praised for their sakes; for the purity of Gospel doctrines and ordinances; for unity in worship; for cordial love and affection to each other; for holiness of life and conversation; for number, and for figure, converts numerous, and many of these great personages; when what is now to its discredit and dispraise will be removed; all false doctrine, or mixtures of it the many sects and parties which go by the Christian name; the sad divisions and animosities among them; the impure lives of many professors; the small number of real Christians; their meanness and poverty.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And give him no rest - Margin, ‘Silence.’ In Hebrew the same word (דמי dŏmiy) as in Isa 62:6. The idea is, ‘Keep not silence yourselves, nor let him rest in silence. Pray without ceasing; and do not intermit your efforts until the desires of your hearts shall be granted, and Zion shall be established, and the world saved.’

Till he establish - Until he shall establish Jerusalem, and restore it to its former rank and privileges.

Till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth - That it may be the subject of universal commendation and rejoicing, instead of being an object of reproach and scorn. The truth taught here is, that it is the privilege and duty of the ministers of God to pray unceasingly for the extension of his kingdom. Day and night the voice of prayer is to be urged, and urged as if they would give Yahweh no rest until the desires of their hearts should be granted (compare Luk 18:1 ff).

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Give him no rest; the same with the foregoing verse, and very acceptable to God, Luk 11:8-10.

Till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth, by sending the Messiah and those labourers into his vineyard, whereby the church may be established and settled on sure foundations, and so become matter of praise to God. All the nations may praise him for her, Psa 67:3,4. Or, that she may be praised, and become renowned and famous in the eyes of the world: see Isa 40:9; 61:9,11.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Give him no rest. Compare the teaching of our Lord with respect to the efficacy of importunity. (Luk_11:5-8 Luk_18:1-8)

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A praise - By sending the Messiah, and those labourers into his vineyard, whereby the church may be established, and settled on sure foundations, and so become a matter of praise to God. All the nations shall praise him for her.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Lesson kit

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Isaiah, in the Prophets, opens this verse with 12 words (10 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is dᵉmîy (“silence”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word dᵉmîy carries the sense “silence.” How does it shape the verse?
Psalms 83:1 shares the word «silence» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“until” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
The verb «תִּתְּנ֥וּ» is Qal Jussive. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

This verse counts 12 Hebrew ↔ 14 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 9 words in this verse.
“until” occurs 2× in this single verse.
10 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 12 words in this verse.