Isaiah 52:8 “Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for jo…”

Isaiah 52:8

Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.

World English Bible

Your watchmen lift up their voice. Together they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the LORD returns to Zion.

American Standard Version

The voice of thy watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah returneth to Zion.

Geneva Bible 1599

The voyce of thy watchmen shalbe heard: they shall lift vp their voyce, and shoute together: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring againe Zion.

Darby Translation

— The voice of thy watchmen, they lift up the voice, they sing aloud together; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah shall bring again Zion.

Young's Literal Translation

The voice of thy watchmen! They have lifted up the voice, together they cry aloud, Because eye to eye they see, in Jehovah's turning back [to] Zion.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“Thy”

Isaiah 62:6 Ezekiel 33:7 Isaiah 56:10 Jeremiah 6:17 Ezekiel 3:17 Song of Solomon 3:3

Isaiah 62:6 · BSB

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

Ezekiel 33:7 · BSB

As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.

Isaiah 56:10 · BSB

Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

Jeremiah 6:17 · BSB

I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’

Ezekiel 3:17 · BSB

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.

Song of Solomon 3:3 · BSB

I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

“lift”

Isaiah 40:9 Isaiah 58:1 Isaiah 24:14

Isaiah 40:9 · BSB

Go up on a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news. Raise your voice loudly, O Jerusalem, herald of good news. Lift it up, do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah, “Here is your God!”

Isaiah 58:1 · BSB

“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Isaiah 24:14 · BSB

They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.

“with”

Isaiah 35:10 Isaiah 48:20 Jeremiah 33:11 Isaiah 12:4–6 Isaiah 26:1 Isaiah 27:2

Isaiah 35:10 · BSB

So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.

Isaiah 48:20 · BSB

Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”

Jeremiah 33:11 · BSB

the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His lo…

Isaiah 12:4–6 · BSB

and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.

Isaiah 26:1 · BSB

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

Isaiah 27:2 · BSB

In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

“see”

Jeremiah 32:39 Isaiah 30:26 Zephaniah 3:9 1 Corinthians 1:10 1 Corinthians 13:12 Zechariah 12:8

Jeremiah 32:39 · BSB

I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.

Isaiah 30:26 · BSB

The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds H…

Zephaniah 3:9 · BSB

For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.

1 Corinthians 1:10 · BSB

I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.

1 Corinthians 13:12 · BSB

Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

Zechariah 12:8 · BSB

On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

9Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

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