Isaiah 52:3

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 52:3

For thus saith the Lord, ye have sold yourselves for nought ,.... As Ahab did to work wickedness; as men do freely, and get nothing by it; for there is nothing got in the service of sin, Satan, and antichrist, or by being slaves and vassals to them; not profit, but loss; not pleasure, but pain; not honour, but shame; not liberty, but bondage; not riches and wealth, but poverty and want, which Popery always brings into those countries and people where it obtains. And ye shall be redeemed... 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 52:2-9

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:3

Ye have sold yourselves for nought ; rather, for nought were ye sold. God received nothing when he allowed his people to become the slaves of the Babylonians. He took no price for them (see Isaiah 50:1 ), and therefore is free to claim them back without payment (comp. Isaiah 45:13 ). He has but to say the word; and he is about to say it. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 52:3

A priceless redemption. "Ye shall be redeemed without money." This truth is more fully stated in Isaiah 55:1 . Here we only note two senses in which God's redemption of Israel from the captivity of Babylon, and of us from the captivity of sin, may be called a priceless redemption. I. BECAUSE ITS VALUE IS BEYOND ANY PRICE MAN CAN FIND . A man may hear of a "pearl of great price," and be willing to sell all else that he may have in order to get possession of it. But... 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

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

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