Isaiah 52

Cheer for Prostrate Zion

1 1Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your 2beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the 3holy city; For the uncircumcised and the 4unclean Will no longer * come into you.
2 Shake yourself 5from the dust, 6rise up, O captive Jerusalem; 7Loose yourself from the chains around your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
3 For thus says the LORD, "You were 8sold for nothing and you will be 9redeemed 10without money."
4 For thus says the Lord GOD, "My people 11went down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 "Now therefore, what do I have here," declares the LORD, "seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?" Again the LORD declares, "Those who rule over them howl, and My 12name is continually blasphemed all day long.
6 "Therefore My people shall 13know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, 'Here I am.' "
7 How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings 14good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, "Your 15God reigns!"
8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their 16voices, They shout joyfully together; For they will see with their own eyes When the LORD restores Zion.
9 17Break forth, shout joyfully together, You 18waste places of Jerusalem; For the LORD has comforted His people, He has 19redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The LORD has bared His holy 20arm In the sight of all the nations, That 21all the ends of the earth may see The salvation of our God.
11 22Depart, depart, go out from there, 23Touch nothing unclean; Go out of the midst of her, 24purify yourselves, You who carry the vessels of the LORD.
12 But you will not go out in 25haste, Nor will you go as fugitives; For the 26LORD will go before you, And 27the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

13 Behold, My 28servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and greatly 29exalted.
14 Just as many were astonished at you, My people, So His 30appearance was marred more than any man And His form more than the sons of men.
15 Thus He will 31sprinkle many nations, Kings will 32shut their mouths on account of Him; For 33what had not been told them they will see, And what they had not heard they will understand.

Cross References 33

  • 1. Isaiah 51:9, 17
  • 2. Exodus 28:2, 40; 1 Chronicles 16:29; Psalms 110:3; Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 61:3, 10; Zechariah 3:4
  • 3. Nehemiah 11:1; Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 64:10; Zechariah 14:20, 21; Matthew 4:5; Revelation 21:2-27
  • 4. Isaiah 35:8
  • 5. Isaiah 29:4
  • 6. Isaiah 60:1
  • 7. Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:27; Isaiah 14:25; Zechariah 2:7
  • 8. Psalms 44:12; Jeremiah 15:13
  • 9. Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 62:12; Isaiah 63:4
  • 10. Isaiah 45:13
  • 11. Genesis 46:6
  • 12. Ezekiel 36:20, 23; Romans 2:24
  • 13. Isaiah 49:23
  • 14. Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 61:1; Nahum 1:15; Romans 10:15; Ephesians 6:15
  • 15. Psalms 93:1; Isaiah 24:23
  • 16. Isaiah 62:6
  • 17. Psalms 98:4; Isaiah 44:23
  • 18. Isaiah 44:26; Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 61:4
  • 19. Isaiah 43:1; Isaiah 48:20
  • 20. Psalms 98:1-3; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 66:18, 19
  • 21. Isaiah 45:22; Isaiah 48:20
  • 22. Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:8; Zechariah 2:6, 7; 2 Corinthians 6:17
  • 23. Numbers 19:11, 16
  • 24. Leviticus 22:2; Isaiah 1:16
  • 25. Exodus 12:11, 33; Deuteronomy 16:3
  • 26. Isaiah 26:7; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 49:10, 11
  • 27. Exodus 14:19, 20; Isaiah 58:8
  • 28. Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 49:1-7; Isaiah 53:11
  • 29. Isaiah 57:15; Philippians 2:9
  • 30. Isaiah 53:2, 3
  • 31. Numbers 19:18-21; Ezekiel 36:25
  • 32. Job 21:5
  • 33. Romans 15:21; Ephesians 3:5

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Isaiah 52 Commentaries

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