Isaiah 62:8
“The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:”
I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence,
And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.
Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”
“And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.”
“And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.”
“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?”
“The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:”