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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1

Awake, awake; put on thy strength (comp. Isaiah 51:9 ). God can help those only who help themselves. The "arm of the Lord" having been called upon to "put on strength" in order to help Zion, Zion is now exhorted to do her part, and put on her own strength. Nor is she to stop there; she is further to rut on her beautiful garments—to array herself in the glorious robes which befit her as a royal and a holy city, and show herself once more a queen, instead of being content to remain... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1

The strength of the Church. The Zion of Old Testament Scripture is the Christian Church of the New. We have here, therefore, a commanding summons to clothe ourselves, as Churches of Christ, with the strength which is especially our own: "Put on thy strength, O Zion." I. IS WHAT THE STRENGTH OF THE CHURCH CONSISTS . Not, as we are too apt to imagine, in wealth, in territory, in buildings, in material defences of any kind: all this is the strength of the world, but not of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1

The beauty of the Church. We are more apt to thank God for the bounty than for the beauty of the earth; but if one is the more necessary, the other is the higher gift of the two; if the one satisfies the cravings of the body, the other ministers to the hunger and the thirst of the soul. With what lavish hand has God supplied it! What colour, what variety, what elegance, what symmetry, what loveliness, and what grandeur on the surface of the earth, in hill and mountain, in sea and sky! And if... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-2

God helps those who help themselves. It is a law of God's providence to require of men, as conditional to his assisting them, some corresponding effort. " Ask , and it shall be given you; seek , and ye shall find; knock , and it shall be opened unto you" ( Matthew 7:7 ). He is always ready to give; but he will have men stretch out their hand to receive. For the careless and the apathetic, he will—perhaps we might say, he can—do nothing. Thus he calls men into his Church, but... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-2

The restored castaway. "Arise, and sit down … O captive daughter of Zion." "The verses are a poetical description of the liberation of a female captive from degrading slavery, and it is designed to represent the complete emancipation of the Church from tyranny and persecution." The call is peculiar as judged by Western associations, but quite natural in view of Eastern habits. The female is pictured as crouching on the ground, huddled in the dust, in the depressed and miserable attitude of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-6

FURTHER ADDRESS OF THE PROPHET TO JERUSALEM . Zion is exhorted to rise from the dust, throw off her bonds, and assert her freedom ( Isaiah 52:1 , Isaiah 52:2 ). God will deliver her from this third captivity for his Name's sake, which her oppressors blaspheme ( Isaiah 52:3-6 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-12

The redemption of Jerusalem. I. THE SUMMONS . It comes from the Divine representatives. She had been called upon to arise and to stand up, and now she is to put on her strength and her robes. "Strength returns to Zion when the arm of Jehovah is mighty within her." It is useless to counterfeit the semblance of strength which does not exist. Nor is strength merely a matter of the will; but there ever is a secret fund of strength in the hearts of those who know that God has not forsaken... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:2

Shake thyself from the dust (compare the opposite command given to Babylon, "Come down, sit in the dust" Isaiah 47:1 ). Zion was to arise, shake from her all trace of the dust in which she had been so long lying, and then calmly seat herself upon a seat of dignity. Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck. The Hebrew text has. "The bands of thy neck are unloosened;" i.e. I have caused thy chains to fall from thee—thou hast only to "rise," and thou wilt find thyself free. Captives in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:2

The dignity of the Church. Jerusalem was to arise from the dust of humiliation, and to sit down "with dignity and composure" on a seat of honour, taking her true position among the nations of the earth. The Church of Christ is called to rise from any undignified position into which she may have fallen, and to assume One that is in keeping with her origin and her estate. But the question is, in what the dignity of the Church consists. It is clear that dignity has various applications,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:2-9

The liberty of the Church. "Loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion." I. THE RIGHT OF THE CHURCH TO LIBERTY . The sight of the daughter of Zion in chains was very pitiable in the prophet's eye. How much more grievous the spectacle of a Christian Church in bondage, enslaved and oppressed! The Christian Church, being composed of those who have received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, and being called into existence for the purpose of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:2-9

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