Revelation 6:10

6:10 They ¹  cried out with a loud voice, ²  “How long, ³  Sovereign Master, ⁴  holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”

Isaiah 62:1

The Lord Takes Delight in Zion

62:1 “For the sake of Zion I will not be silent;

for the sake of Jerusalem ⁵  I will not be quiet,

until her vindication shines brightly ⁶ 

and her deliverance burns like a torch.”

Isaiah 62:6-7

62:6 I ⁷  post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;

they should keep praying all day and all night. ⁸ 

You who pray to ⁹  the Lord, don’t be silent!

62:7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, ¹⁰ 

until he makes Jerusalem the pride ¹¹  of the earth.

[6:10]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[6:10]  ² tn Grk “voice, saying”; the participle λέγοντες (legontes) is redundant in contemporary English and has not been translated here.

[6:10]  ³ tn The expression ἕως πότε (ews pote) was translated “how long.” Cf. BDAG 423 s.v. ἕως 1.b.γ.

[6:10]  ⁴ tn The Greek term here is δεσπότης (despoths; see L&N 37.63).

[62:1]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[62:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “goes forth like brightness.”

[62:6]  ⁷ sn The speaker here is probably the prophet.

[62:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “all day and all night continually they do not keep silent.” The following lines suggest that they pray for the Lord’s intervention and restoration of the city.

[62:6]  ⁹ tn Or “invoke”; NIV “call on”; NASB, NRSV “remind.”

[62:7]  ¹⁰ tn “Jerusalem” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; note the following line.

[62:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “[the object of] praise.”