The watchmen are commanded to give YHWH no rest until the restoration is established and Jerusalem becomes a praise in the earth, indicating that intercession's purpose is to prompt eschatological realization. The imperative to give God no rest uses boldly intimate language: the community's prayer is relentless petition, even divine-command-like in its insistence. The goal—Jerusalem as praise in the earth—articulates that restoration's completion requires visible, recognized accomplishment. This verse grants extraordinary authority to intercession: the community's prayer becomes the agency through which eschatological promises are actualized.

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