Isaiah 52:6

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4 For thus says the Lord God:
“My people went down at first
Into ^aEgypt to dwell there;
Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

5 Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord,
“That My people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
¹Make them wail,” says the Lord,
“And My name is ^ablasphemed continually every day.

6 Therefore My people shall know My name;
Therefore they shall know in that day
That I am He who speaks:
‘Behold, it is I.’ ”

7 ^aHow beautiful upon the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who proclaims peace,
Who brings glad tidings of good things,
Who proclaims salvation,
Who says to Zion,
^b“Your God reigns!”

8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices,
With their voices they shall sing together;
For they shall see eye to eye
When the Lord brings back Zion.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Isaiah 52:6

Therefore my people shall know - The word lachen , occurring the second time in this verse, seems to be repeated by mistake. It has no force nor emphasis as a repetition; it only embarrasses the construction and the sense. It was not in the copies from which the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate were translated; it was not in the copy of the Septuagint from which the Arabic was translated; but in the Aldine and Complutensian editions is repeated; probably so corrected, in order to make it conformable with the Hebrew text.

I am he that Moth speak "I am he, Jehovah, that promised" - For hu , the Bodleian MS. and another have , Jehovah ; "For I am Jehovah that promised;" and another ancient MS. adds Jehovah after hu . The addition of Jehovah seems to be right in consequence of what was said in the preceding line, "My people shall know my name."

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