vSee John 21:16
acSee Matt. 7:15
Isaiah 21:11
11The aoracle concerning bDumah.One is calling to me from cSeir,
“Watchman, what time of the night?
Watchman, what time of the night?”
Isaiah 52:8
8The voice of dyour watchmen—they lift up their voice;together they sing for joy;
efor eye to eye they see
the return of the Lord to Zion.
Isaiah 56:10-11
10 fHis watchmen are blind;they are all without knowledge;
they are all silent gdogs;
they cannot bark,
dreaming, lying down,
loving to slumber.
11 hThe dogs have a mighty appetite;
they never have enough.
But ithey are shepherds who have no understanding;
they have all turned to their own way,
jeach to his own gain, one and all.
Jeremiah 6:17
17 kI set watchmen over you, saying,‘Pay attention to lthe sound of the trumpet!’
But they said, m‘We will not pay attention.’
Ezekiel 33:2
2 n“Son of man, speak to oyour people and say to them, If pI bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their qwatchman,Acts 20:28-29
28 rPay careful attention to yourselves and to all sthe flock, in which tthe Holy Spirit has made you uoverseers, vto care for wthe church of God, ▼▼Some manuscripts of the Lord
which he yobtained zwith his own blood. ▼▼Or with the blood of his Own
29I abknow that after my departure acfierce wolves will come in among you, adnot sparing the flock;
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