Isa 52:8 | JFB | STEP | 8. watchmen-- set on towers separated by intervals to give the earliest notice of the approach of any messenger with tidings (compare ). The Hebrew is more forcible than English Version, "The voice of thy watchmen" (exclamatory as in ). "They lift up their voice! together they sing." eye to eye-- that is, close at hand, and so clearly [Gesenius]; , "face to face"; , "mouth to mouth." Compare ; , of which Simeon's sight of the Saviour was a prefiguration ( ). The watchmen, spiritually, are ministers and others who pray for the peace of Jerusalem ( , ), bring again-- that is, restore. Or else, "return to" [Maurer].

‏ Isaiah 52:8

8. watchmen--set on towers separated by intervals to give the earliest notice of the approach of any messenger with tidings (compare Is 21:6-8). The Hebrew is more forcible than English Version, "The voice of thy watchmen" (exclamatory as in So 2:8). "They lift up their voice! together they sing."

eye to eye--that is, close at hand, and so clearly [Gesenius]; Nu 14:14, "face to face"; Nu 12:8, "mouth to mouth." Compare 1Co 13:12; Re 22:4, of which Simeon's sight of the Saviour was a prefiguration (Lu 2:30). The watchmen, spiritually, are ministers and others who pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Is 62:6, 7),

bring again--that is, restore. Or else, "return to" [Maurer].