I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
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Gill's Exposition
I will stand upon my watch,.... These are the words of the prophet: so the Targum introduces them,
"the prophet said;''
and this he said in character as a watchman, as all the prophets were: as a…
Barnes' Notes
I will stand - , i. e. I would stand now, as a servant awaiting his master, Upon my watch - or, keep (Isa 21:8. משׁמר in the same sense Jer 51:12), and “set me (plant myself firmly) upon the tower”…
Adam Clarke
I will stand upon my watch - The prophets are always represented as watchmen, watching constantly for the comfort, safety, and welfare of the people; and watching also to receive information from the…
Here, I. The prophet humbly gives his attendance upon God (Hab 2:1): "I will stand upon my watch, as a sentinel on the walls of a besieged city, or on the borders of an invaded country, that is very…
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