OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 62:6

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I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on the LORD, take no rest,

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Verse 6. Watchmen; priests and prophets, (Matthew 2:1. Psalms 133:2. Calmet.) or angels. Saint Jerome Saint Bernard—The synagogue has long been destitute of guides, but the Catholic Church has an uninterrupted succession of watchful pastors.—Mindful whose duty it is to remind him of his promises, and to recite the Church office. Calmet.—Hebrew mazcirim, monitors. 2 Kennicott. 8:16. Bible.—In these faithful watchman the Church is always visible. Worthington.

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