Isaiah 52

Deliverance for Jerusalem

¹Awake, awake,

clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!

Put on your garments of splendor,

O Jerusalem, holy city!

For the uncircumcised and unclean

will no longer enter you.

²Shake off your dust!

Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem.

Remove the chains from your neck,

O captive Daughter of Zion.

³For this is what Yahweh says:

“You were sold for nothing,

and without money you will be redeemed.”

⁴For this is what the Lord Yahweh says:

“At first My people went down to Egypt to live,

then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

⁵And now what have I here?

declares Yahweh.

For My people have been taken without cause;

those who rule them taunt,

declares Yahweh,

and My name is blasphemed continually

all day long.

• IS 52:5[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ROM 2:24

⁶Therefore My people will know My name;

therefore they will know on that day

that I am He who speaks.

Here I am!”

⁷How beautiful on the mountains

are the feet of those who bring good news,

who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings,

who proclaim salvation,

who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

• IS 52:7[PROPHECY]He would publish good tidings → ROM 10:15MEDIUM
• IS 52:7[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ROM 10:15
• IS 52:7[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → EPH 6:15

⁸Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices,

together they shout for joy.

For every eye will see

when Yahweh returns to Zion.

• IS 52:8[PROPHECY]'They shall see eye to eye when Yahweh brings back Zion' → STILL TO COMEMEDIUM

⁹Break forth in joy, sing together,

O ruins of Jerusalem,

for Yahweh has comforted His people;

He has redeemed Jerusalem.

¹⁰Yahweh has bared His holy arm

in the sight of all the nations;

all the ends of the earth will see

the salvation of our God.

¹¹Depart, depart, go out from there!

Touch no unclean thing;

come out from it, purify yourselves,

you who carry the vessels of Yahweh.

• IS 52:11[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → 2CO 6:17
• IS 52:11[ALLUDED TO]The New Testament refers to this → REV 18:4

¹²For you will not leave in a hurry

nor flee in haste,

for Yahweh goes before you,

and the God of Israel is your rear guard.

The Servant Exalted// Philippians 2:5–11

¹³Behold, My Servant will prosper;

He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

• IS 52:13[PROPHECY]The Servant exalted after suffering → ACTS 1:8-11; EPH 1:20-22; PHIL 2:8-9

¹⁴Just as many were appalled at Him—

His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man,

and His form was marred beyond human likeness—

• IS 52:14[PROPHECY]The Servant shockingly disfigured by abuse → LK 18:31-34; MT 26:67-68

¹⁵so He will sprinkle many nations.

Kings will shut their mouths because of Him.

For they will see what they have not been told,

and they will understand what they have not heard.

• IS 52:15[PROPHECY]Nations startled by the message of the Servant → ROM 15:21MEDIUM
• IS 52:15[PROPHECY]His sprinkled blood would cleanse the nations → HEB 9:13-14; REV 1:5
• IS 52:15[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ROM 15:21