John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:4
For thus saith the Lord God ,.... The Lord confirms what he had before said of redeeming his people without money, who had been sold for nothing, by past instances of his deliverance of them: my people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there ; Jacob and his family went down there of their own accord, where they were supplied with food in a time of famine, and settled in a very fruitful part of it; but when they were oppressed, and cried to the Lord, he appeared for them, and... read more
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