Isaiah 52:11, Isaiah 52:12 KJV

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 52:1-15

This section is not so argumentative in tone as the last. Its distinguishing feature is the development of the prophet's teaching concerning the Servant of Jehovah. The conception seems to arise, as has been noted, with the nation considered collectively as a Servant of God (Isaiah 41:8-9; Isaiah 44:1-2, Isaiah 44:21; Isa 45:4). So long as the attitude and work of God in relation to the nation are solely in view, there is no limitation of the idea; but when the nation's work and attitude to Him... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 52:11

(11) Depart ye . . .—The command is addressed to the exiles in Babylon. They are not to plunder or carry off spoil that would render them unclean. They are to bring only “the vessels of Jehovah,” i.e., the gold and silver which had been taken from His temple, and which Cyrus restored by them (Ezra 1:7). In this case the bearers are the Levites. Commonly, however, the phrase is used of “armour-bearers,” and this meaning is given to it by many commentators, as pointing to the whole body of the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 52:1-15

Isaiah 52:7 Ruskin remarks on this verse: 'How strange it seems that physical science should ever have been thought adverse to religion! The pride of physical science is indeed adverse, like every other pride, both to religion and truth; but sincerity of science, so far from being hostile, is the pathmaker among the mountains for the feet of them that publish peace.' References. Leviticus 7:0 . W. J. McKittrick, Christian World Pulpit, vol. lxvii. 1905, p. 29. Leviticus 10:0 . Spurgeon, ... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-12

CHAPTER XXIDOUBTS IN THE WAYIsaiah 49:1-26 - Isaiah 52:12CHAPTERS 49-53 are, as we have seen, a series of more or less closely joined passages, in which the prophet, having already made the political redemption of Israel certain through Cyrus, and having dismissed Cyrus from his thoughts, addresses himself to various difficulties in the way of restoration, chiefly moral and spiritual, and rising from Israel’s own feelings and character; exhorts the people in face of them by Jehovah’s... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 52:1-15

CHAPTER 52 Zion Awakening and the Coming of the Lord (It is unfortunate that Isaiah 52:1-12 is detached from chapter 51 and that the last 3 verses of chapter 52 are detached from the chapter which follows. The correct division is Isaiah 51:1-23 ; Isaiah 52:12 , Isaiah 52:13-15 ; Isaiah 53:1-12 .) 1. Zion called to awake (Isaiah 52:1-5 ) 2. “In that day” Behold it is I (Isaiah 52:6 ) 3. The results of the return of Jehovah (Isaiah 52:7-12 ) 4. The Servant’s suffering and glory (Isaiah... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 52:11

52:11 {k} Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from there, touch no unclean [thing]; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that {l} bear the vessels of the LORD.(k) He warns the faithful not to pollute themselves with the superstitions of the Babylonians, as Isaiah 48:20, 2 Corinthians 6:17 .(l) For the time is at hand that the priests and Levites chiefly (and so by them all the people, who will be as the Levites in this office) will carry home vessels of the temple which Nebuchadnezzar had... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-15

THE MESSIAH REVEALED The thirty-two chapters deal particularly with the Person and work of the Messiah. Isaiah has sometimes been called the evangelical prophet because of the large space he gives to that subject a circumstance the more notable because of the silence concerning it since Moses. The explanation of this silence is hinted at in the lesson on the introduction to the prophets. In chapter 49, the Messiah speaks of Himself and the failure of His mission in His rejection by His... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 52:1-15

Supreme Energy Isa 52:1 Let us consider the words, "Put on thy strength." Is it a thing we can "put on"? If we are strong, we are strong; if we are weak, we have no strength to "put on." What is the meaning, then, of "Put on thy strength"? Sometimes we say, "Be a man!" The reply is obvious "How can I be more a man than I am? How can I be less, or other, than a man?" Sometimes we say, "Play the man!" What else can I play? How remarkably pointless is the exhortation or injunction, "Play the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 52:11-12

Probably the Prophet had his eye upon the deliverance of the people from Egypt; and it is probable also, that he connected with this view of what was past, the deliverance that was to come, when the Babylonish captivity, like the Egyptian should be over. But far greater prospects, no doubt, the Prophet had in contemplation, when he thus spake. The glorious redemption of poor sinners, by the Lord Jesus, called for this haste to depart, and to take nothing with them, when brought to see and feel... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:11

Lord, the Levites departing from Babylon, 1 Esdras i. 7., and Numbers iii. 6., and iv. 5., &c. (Calmet) --- St. Paul proves hence that communication with infidels in spiritual things is always unlawful, 2 Corinthians vi. 17. (Worthington) read more