Isaiah 52
52
Zion Rejoicing
1Wake up! Open your eyes!
Beautiful Zion, put on your majestic strength!
Jerusalem, the sacred city,
put on your glory garments!
Never again will the unclean # 52:1 Or “uncircumcised.” For the believer today, unclean and detestable thoughts should not enter our souls nor be in our minds (gates). enter your gates!
2Arise and shake # 52:2 The Hebrew word na’ar means “shaking out [of a lion’s mane]” or “shaking up and down” and is a homophone for “to growl [like a lion’s roar].” See Jer. 51:38. off your dust! # 52:2 This dust can also include our “dust nature” received from Adam (see 1 Cor. 15:47–49). We need to crucify it and be clothed with Christ. Part of Satan’s curse is that he was to eat dust (see Gen. 3:14). Whatever we withhold from God becomes food for the serpent. We must shake off (overcome) the “dust” of our old life and rise up in our new life, enthroned with Jesus Christ (see Rom. 8:30; Eph. 2:16; Rev. 3:21).
Sit enthroned, Jerusalem!
Break off your shackles of bondage from your neck,
you captive daughter of Zion!
3For this is what Yahweh has to say:
“You were sold for nothing;
now you will be redeemed without any payment.”
4For Yahweh says:
“Long ago, my people went down to Egypt
and lived as foreigners there,
and for no good reason Assyria oppressed them.
5And now, what have I here?” says Yahweh.
“Indeed, my people have been taken into bondage without cause
while mocking rulers howl; and every day
my name is continually despised!” # 52:5 See Rom. 2:4. says Yahweh.
6“Therefore, my people will know the power of my name,
and they will know in that day
that I am the one who promised them, saying,
‘Behold, I am here!’ ” # 52:6 Or “Behold, it is I!”
7What a beautiful sight to behold—
the precious feet of the messenger
coming over the mountains to announce good news!
He comes to refresh us with wonderful news, # 52:7 The messenger (singular) here becomes a company of messengers in Rom. 10:15. We are told to proclaim the wonderful news—not the bad news that brings despair and fear but the good news of our God, who reigns in the midst of his people.
announcing salvation # 52:7 This Hebrew word is remarkably similar to Yeshua, the name of Jesus. to Zion and saying,
“Your Mighty God reigns!”
8Listen! The watchmen are shouting in triumph!
Lifting their voices together, they are singing for joy!
For right before their eyes, they can see # 52:8 Or “They see face-to-face.”
Yahweh returning to Zion!
9Burst into joyous songs, you rubble of Jerusalem!
For Yahweh has graciously comforted his people;
he has become the Kinsman-Redeemer of Jerusalem!
10Yahweh has unveiled his holy arm # 52:10 This is a metaphor for God’s displaying his righteous power. There is a sense in which Jesus Christ can be seen as God’s holy arm, which God has unveiled to the nations. The miracles of Jesus, his sacrificial death on the cross, and his mighty resurrection were God flexing his muscles, his holy arm. See John 12:37–38; Rom. 10:16.
before the eyes of all the nations.
To the ends of the earth, everyone everywhere
will see the salvation of our God!
11Go! Go, and leave Babylon behind!
Touch nothing unclean as you depart.
Keep your life pure as you leave,
you who carry the vessels # 52:11 Or “armor-bearers.” “Vessels” can also be translated “armor” or “[temple] vessels.” of Yahweh!
12You will neither have to leave in haste,
nor will you make a frantic escape,
for your God, Yahweh, will go before you.
He will lead you each step and be your rear guard.
The Despised Servant
13“Look! My servant # 52:13 This section of Isaiah is perhaps the greatest description of the life, crucifixion, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, apart from the four Gospels. Up to this point in Isaiah’s writings, the “Servant” has been described as the true Prophet, Teacher, and victorious Redeemer, with no hint whatsoever that his activity would be interrupted by death. But in this section we find him as the unparalleled Suffering Servant and Sin-Bearer who died for us. The prophecy found here is the most remarkable in all of the Old Testament of the sufferings of Jesus Christ and the glory that followed (see 1 Peter 1:11). Isaiah 52:13 through Isa. 53 is quoted in all four Gospels, Acts, Romans, and 1 Peter. It is the epicenter of the gospel. will prosper and succeed! # 52:13 Or “act wisely” or “prosper,” likely a metonymy for “succeed.”
He will be highly honored, raised up, and greatly exalted! # 52:13 This is an obvious reference to God’s Servant-Savior, Jesus, who was raised from the dead and highly exalted at the right hand of God. See Phil. 2:5–11.
14Just as many were appalled at the sight of him
(for so marred was his appearance, like an object of horror;
he no longer looked like a man),
15so now he will startle # 52:15 Or “sprinkle many nations” or “Many nations will marvel at him” (LXX). The words startle and sprinkle share a homonymic root. The idea is that Jesus would sprinkle to cleanse many with his redeeming blood and also that he would startle the nations with his resurrection power and endless life. many nations.
Kings # 52:15 This word could refer to both human and demonic kings. will be shocked speechless before him.
For they will now see a sight unheard of,
and things never considered before now fill their thoughts.” # 52:15 See Rom. 15:21. Verses 13–15 present Christ as an exalted King, a High Priest who cleanses, and a Prophet who reveals the secrets of God to men.
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52
Yahweh Redeems Zion
1Awake! Awake; put on your strength, Zion!
Put on the garments of your beauty, Jerusalem, holy city!#Literally “city of the holiness”
For the uncircumcised and the unclean shall not continue to#Literally “do again he shall” enter you any longer.
2Shake yourself free from the dust! Rise up; sit, Jerusalem!
Free yourselves from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!
3For thus says Yahweh:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you shall be redeemed without money.”
4For thus says the Lord Yahweh:
“My people went down to Egypt in the beginning, to dwell as aliens there, and Assyria oppressed him without cause.#Literally “in nothing” 5And now what do I have here?”declares#Literally “declaration of” Yahweh, “for my people is taken without cause. Its rulers howl,” declares#Literally “declaration of” Yahweh—“and my name is reviled continually, all day. 6Therefore my people shall know my name, therefore in that day, that I am the one who speaks. Here am I.”#Literally “Look at me”
7How delightful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,
who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns as a king.”
8The voices#Hebrew “voice” of your watchmen! They lift up their voices;#Hebrew “voice”
together they sing for joy;
for they clearly#Literally “eye in eye “ see Yahweh’s return to Zion.
9Break forth,
sing for joy together, ruins of Jerusalem,
for Yahweh has comforted his people;
he has redeemed Jerusalem.
10Yahweh has bared his holy arm#Literally “the arm of his holiness” to the eyes of all the nations,
and all the ends#Hebrew “end” of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
11Depart, depart, go out from there! You must not touch any unclean thing.
Go out from the midst of it, keep clean, you who carry the vessels of Yahweh.
12For you shall not go out in haste,
and you shall not go in flight,
for Yahweh is going before you,
and your rear guard is the God of Israel.
The Servant’s Suffering and Exaltation
13Look, my servant shall achieve success;
he shall be exalted,
and he shall be lifted up,
and he shall be very high.
14Just as many were appalled at you—
such was his appearance beyond human disfigurement,
and his form beyond the sons of mankind—
15so he shall sprinkle many nations;
because of him, kings shall shut their mouths.#Hebrew “mouth”
For they shall see what has not been told them,
and they shall consider with full attention what they have not heard.
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