Isaiah 52:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-6

Here, I. God's people are stirred up to appear vigorous for their own deliverance, Isa. 52:1, 2. They had desired that God would awake and put on his strength, Isa. 51:9. Here he calls upon them to awake and put on their strength, to bestir themselves; let them awake from their despondency, and pluck up their spirits, encourage themselves and one another with the hope that all will be well yet, and no longer succumb and sink under their burden. Let them awake from their distrust, look above... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:2

Shake thyself from the dust ,.... Or "the dust from thee" F7 התנערי מעפר "exute pulverem a te", Sanctius, Gataker. , 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 52:2

Sit down, O Jerusalem "Ascend thy lofty seat, O Jerusalem" - The literal rendering here is, according to our English translation, "arise, sit;" on which a very learned person remarks: "So the old versions. But sitting is an expression of mourning in Scripture and the ancients; and doth not well agree with the rising just before." It does not indeed agree, according to our ideas; but, considered in an oriental light, it is perfectly consistent. The common manner of sitting in the eastern... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 52:2

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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