Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:7
7. beautiful . . . feet—that is, The advent of such a herald seen on the distant "mountains" (see on :-; Isaiah 52:4; Isaiah 52:4- :; Isaiah 52:4- :) running in haste with the long-expected good tidings, is most grateful to the desolated city (Nahum 1:15). good tidings—only partially applying to the return from Babylon. Fully, and antitypically, the Gospel (Luke 2:10; Luke 2:11), "beginning at Jerusalem" (Luke 24:47), "the city of the great King" (Luke 24:47- :), where Messiah shall, at the... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 52:7-8
Isaiah 52:7-8. How beautiful, &c.— While the Son of God manifested himself in the flesh to his people, the prophet, immediately rapt into ecstacy, beholds first the evangelists, chosen by the Lord throughout Judaea; then the apostles, and their contemporaries, departing by the Lord's command from Jerusalem; announcing throughout the whole world, by the preaching of the Gospel, the good tidings of salvation prepared for all people without distinction, and inviting them to a participation of... read more