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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:13-15

PRELUDE TO THE " GREAT PASSIONAL ." It is generally allowed by modern commentators that this passage is more closely connected with what follows it than with what precedes. Some would detach it altogether from Isaiah 52:1-15 . and attach it to Isaiah 53:1-12 . But this is not necessary. The passage has a completeness in itself. It is a connecting link. The exaltation of Israel, the collective "Servant of the Lord" ( Isaiah 44:1 , Isaiah 44:21 ), brings to the prophet's mind... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:13-15

The wisdom of suffering service. The fact that these and the following verses refer to the Messiah is no reason why we should not find in them practical lessons for the guidance of our own life, the culture of our own character. For Christ came, not only to do for us a work which we could not possibly do ourselves, but also to be the Exemplar whom we are to follow in the paths of righteousness and peace. I. OUR FIRST CARE SHOULD BE TO SERVE . He who is the Anointed of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:14

As many were astonied at thee. The world was "astonied" to see, in One come to deliver it, no outward show of grandeur or magnificence, no special beauty or "comeliness" ( Isaiah 53:2 ), but a Presence unattractive to the mass of men at all times, and in the end so cruelly marred and disfigured as to retain scarcely any resemblance to the ordinary form and face of man. The prophet, as Delitzsch says, sits at the foot of the cross on Calvary, and sees the Redeemer as he hung upon the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:14

Surprise at the appearance of God's Servant. Whatever may be the immediate and historical reference of this term "servant," of this we may feel quite sure—the full reference must be to Messiah, and to the Lord Jesus Christ as Messiah. Now, it is certainly singular that no trustworthy traces of the appearance of our Lord have come down to us. Everybody may imagine for himself what were the features and expression of his Divine Master; and it is better that our free imaginations should have no... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:15

So shall he sprinkle many nations . The Septuagint has, "So shall many nations marvel at him;" and this translation is followed by Gesenius and Ewald. Mr. Cheyne thinks that the present Hebrew text is corrupt, and suggests that a verb was used antithetical to the "astonied" of Isaiah 52:14 , expressing "joyful surprise." It is certainly hard to see how the idea of "sprinkling," even if it can mean "purifying," comes in here. Kings shall shut their mouths at him ; rather, because of him.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:3

Ye have sold yourselves for nought - You became captives and prisoners without any price being paid for you. You cost nothing to those who made you prisoners. The idea is, that as they who had made them prisoners had done so without paying any price for them, it was equitable that they should be released in the same manner. When their captors had paid nothing for them, God would suffer nothing to be paid for them in turn; and they should be released, as they had been sold, without a price paid... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:4

For thus saith the Lord God - In order to show them that he could redeem them without money, God reminds them of what had been done in former times. The numerous captives in Egypt, whose services were so valuable to the Egyptians, and whom the Egyptians were so unwilling to suffer to depart, he had rescued by his own power, and had delivered for ever from that bondage. The idea here is, that with the same ease he could rescue the captives in Babylon, and restore them to their own land without a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:5

Now, therefore, what have I here? - In Babylon, referring to the captivity of the Jews there. The idea is, that a state of things existed there which demanded his interposition as really as it did when his people had been oppressed by the Egyptians, or by the Assyrian. His people had been taken away for nought; they were subject to cruel oppressions; and his own name was continually blasphemed. In this state of things, it is inferred, that he would certainly come to their rescue, and that his... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:6

Therefore my people shall know my name - The idea in this verse is, that his people should have such exhibitions of his power as to furnish to them demonstration that he was God. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:7

How beautiful upon the mountains - This passage is applied by Paul to the ministers of the gospel (see Romans 10:15). The meaning here seems to be this: Isaiah was describing the certain return of the Jews to their own land. He sees in vision the heralds announcing their return to Jerusalem running on the distant hills. A herald bearing good news is a beautiful object; and he says that his feet are beautiful; that is, his running is beautiful. He came to declare that the long and painful... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:7

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