Isaiah 52:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 52:1

God Redeems Jerusalem

1 Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised ^aand the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.

2 ^aShake yourself from the dust, arise;
Sit down, O Jerusalem!
^bLoose yourself from the bonds of your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion!

3 For thus says the Lord:
^a“You have sold yourselves for nothing,
And you shall be redeemed ^bwithout money.”

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.

9 Break forth into joy, sing together,
You waste places of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.

10 ^aThe Lord has¹ made bare His holy arm
In the eyes of ^ball the nations;
And all the ends of the earth shall see
The salvation of our God.

11 ^aDepart! Depart! Go out from there,
Touch no unclean thing;
Go out from the midst of her,
^bBe clean,
You who bear the vessels of the Lord.

12 For ^ayou shall not go out with haste,
Nor go by flight;
^bFor the Lord will go before you,
^cAnd the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Sin-Bearing Servant

13 Behold, ^aMy Servant shall deal prudently;
^bHe shall be exalted and¹ extolled and be very high.

14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His ^avisage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
AWAKE, AWAKE, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Contemporary English Version
Jerusalem, wake up! Stand up and be strong. Holy city of Zion, dress in your best clothes. Those foreigners who ruined your sacred city won't bother you again.

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

Good News Bible
Jerusalem, be strong and great again! Holy city of God, clothe yourself with splendor! The heathen will never enter your gates again.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you.

New International Version
Awake, awake, O Zion,
clothe yourself with strength.
Put on your garments of splendor,
O Jerusalem, the holy city.
The uncircumcised and defiled
will not enter you again.

New King James Version
Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you.

Revised Standard Version
Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Young's Literal Translation
Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, Put on the garments of thy beauty, Jerusalem -- the Holy City; For enter no more into thee again, Do the uncircumcised and unclean.

New English Translation
Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem,¹ holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.

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