and give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth.
Two things are here promised to Jerusalem: - I. Plenty of the means of grace - abundance of good preaching and good praying (Isa 62:6, Isa 62:7), and this shows the method God takes when he designs mercy for a people; he first brings them to their duty and pours out a spirit of prayer upon them, and then brings salvation to them. Provision is made, 1.
Commenting on Isaiah 62:6-9
And give him no rest,.... Not let him alone, as he desired that Moses would, but wrestle with him as Jacob did, and not let him go without the blessing; be importunate with him, as the widow with the unjust judge; and be incessant in prayer: until he establish; his church; which, though founded by him, and built upon the sure foundation of his laying...
no rest--Hebrew, "silence"; keep not silence yourselves, nor let Him rest in silence. Compare as to Messiah Himself, "I will not hold . . . peace . . . not rest" (Isa 62:1); Messiah's watchmen (Isa 62:6-7) imitate Him (Isa 62:1) in intercessory "prayer without ceasing" for Jerusalem (Psa 122:6; Psa 51:18); also for the spiritual Jerusalem, the Church (Luk 18:1, Luk 18:7; Rom 1:9).