Isaías 52:2

2 Sacúdete del polvo, levántate, siéntate, Jerusalén; suéltate las ataduras de tu cuello, cautiva hija de Sion

Isaías 52:2 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 52:2

Shake thyself from the dust
Or "the dust from thee" ^F7, in which she had sat, or rolled herself as a mourner; or where she had been trampled upon by her persecutors and oppressors; but now being delivered from them, as well as from all carnal professors and false teachers, she is called upon to shake herself from the dust of debasement and distress, of false doctrine, superstition, and will worship, in every form and shape, a great deal of which adheres to those churches called reformed. Arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem;
or "sit up", as it may be rendered; arise from thy low estate, from the ground and dust where thou art cast;

``and sit upon the throne of thy glory,''

so the Targum: it denotes the exaltation of the church from a low to a high estate, signified by the ascension of the witnesses to heaven, ( Revelation 11:12 ) . Some render it, "arise, O captivity"; or "captive" ^F8; so the word is used in ( Isaiah 49:24 Isaiah 49:25 ) and agrees with what follows: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion;
or loose thou "the bands off thy neck from thee"; which seems to denote the people of God in mystical Babylon, a little before its destruction, who will be called out of it, as they afterwards are in this chapter; and to throw off the Romish yoke, and release themselves from that captivity and bondage they have been brought into by the man of sin, who now himself shall be led captive, ( Revelation 13:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (rpem yrenth) "exute pulverem a te", Sanctius, Gataker.
F8 (ybv ymwq) "surge captivas", Forerius; so Ben Melech interprets it.

Isaías 52:2 In-Context

1 Despiértate, despiértate, vístete tu fortaleza, oh Sion; vístete tus ropas de hermosura, oh Jerusalén, ciudad santa, porque nunca más acontecerá, que venga en ti incircunciso, ni inmundo

2 Sacúdete del polvo, levántate, siéntate, Jerusalén; suéltate las ataduras de tu cuello, cautiva hija de Sion

3 Porque así dice el SEÑOR: De balde fuisteis vendidos; por tanto, sin dinero seréis redimidos

4 Porque así dijo el Señor DIOS: Mi pueblo descendió a Egipto en tiempo pasado, para peregrinar allá; y el Assur lo cautivó sin razón

5 Y ahora ¿qué hago yo aquí? Dice el SEÑOR: que mi pueblo sea tomado sin por qué; y los que en él se enseñorean, lo hacen aullar, dice el SEÑOR, y continuamente mi nombre es blasfemado todo el día