Isaiah 52:2 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:2

Shake thyself from the dust - To sit on the ground, to sit in the dust, is an expression descriptive of mourning Job 2:13. Jerusalem is here called on to arise and shake off the dust, as indicating that the days of her grief were ended, and that she was about to be restored to her former beauty and splendor.Arise and sit down - There is an incongruity in this expression in our translation, which does not occur in the original. The idea in the Hebrew is not that which seems to be implied in this... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 52:1-3

Isaiah 52:1-3. Awake, awake, put on strength God orders his church to do that which she entreated him to do, Isaiah 51:9. And because his word is with power, and what he commands he in certain cases effects, this is a prediction and promise what he should do, that she should awake or arise out of her low estate, and be strong and courageous. Put on thy beautiful garments Thy sorrows shall be ended, and thou shalt be advanced in a glorious condition. O Zion O my church, very... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-12

Joy in Jerusalem (52:1-12)In view of these promises, the prophet urges the captive Jews to prepare for the return to Jerusalem. The city that heathen armies defiled and destroyed will be rebuilt, to become strong, holy and beautiful again (52:1-2).God will redeem his people from slavery, but he will not pay the slave-owner (Babylon) any ransom (3). In earlier days the Israelites were made slaves in Egypt, even though they went there in peace. They then established themselves in Canaan, but... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 52:2

Shake. See note on Isaiah 33:9 . sit: i.e. sit as queen. Compare Revelation 18:7 , for usage. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 52:1-2

Isaiah 52:1-2. Awake, &c.— This second apostrophe is again directed to the church, about the time of the manifestation of the kingdom of God. The prophet, by the Spirit, beholds this church, heretofore brought out of Egypt, and delivered from the Assyrians, again, to its great grief, mixed with the profane and impure multitude, by whose means the name of God was daily blasphemed, Isaiah 52:5. He commands her, therefore, to lay aside her old dress, which was suitable to the ancient... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:2

2. from the dust—the seat of mourners (Job 2:12; Job 2:13). arise, and sit—namely, in a more dignified place: on a divan or a throne [LOWTH], after having shaken off the dust gathered up by the flowing dress when seated on the ground; or simply, "Arise, and sit erect" [MAURER]. bands of . . . neck—the yoke of thy captivity. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 52:1-12

Released Zion 52:1-12God next called on His people to prepare to receive the salvation that He would provide for them. They would have to lay hold of it by faith for it to benefit them."The third ’wake-up call’ (Isaiah 52:1-6) is also addressed to Jerusalem and is a command not only to wake up but to dress up! It is not enough for her to put off her stupor (Isaiah 51:17-23); she must also put on her glorious garments." [Note: Wiersbe, p. 57.] The first "wake-up call" is in Isaiah 51:9-16. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 52:2

Israel could not deliver herself, but she needed to rise up from her humiliated and bound condition and respond to the Lord’s deliverance of her (cf. Isaiah 47:1). Salvation is not by works of righteousness, but it does require faith. Humans cannot break the chains that bind them, but they must remove them, with His help, since God has promised that He will break them. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 52:1-12

1, 2. Zion invited to array herself as a queen and sit enthroned, freed from the presence of heathen foes, and with her children restored from captivity. 1. Thy strength] Strength returns to Zion when the Arm of Jehovah works within her (Isaiah 51:9). 3. Her captors paid no price, and therefore have no claim upon her. 4. The Assyrian oppressed] alluding to the sufferings of God’s people at the hands of Sargon and Sennacherib.5. What have I] RV ’what do I.’ The argument is that the Egyptian and... read more

John Dummelow

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 52:1-3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 52:2

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 52:1-2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 52:1-12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 52:2

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 52:1-12

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

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