Isaiah 52:1

Isa 52:1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Ver. 1. Awake, awake. ] Pluck up thy best heart, as we say, and rouse up thyself to receive the sweet promises; for as man’s laws, so God’s promises favour not them that are asleep, but awake and watchful.

O Jerusalem, the holy city. ] Thou that hast been brought through the fire; being refined as silver is refined, and tried as gold is tried. Zec 13:9

There shall no more come into thee. ] Or, Against thee, i.e., I will not suffer tyrants to vex thee, or profane ones to harbour with thee. See Isaiah 35:8 .