Isaiah 52

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¹Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion; Clothe yourself with your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you. ✦ ²Shake yourself from the dust, rise up, Captive Jerusalem; Release yourself from the chains around your neck, Captive daughter of Zion. ✦ ³For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money.” ✦ ⁴For this is what the Lord God says: “My people went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason. ✦ ⁵And now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually reviled all day long. ✦ ⁶Therefore, My people shall know My name; therefore on that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’ ” ✦ ⁷¶How delightful on the mountains Are the feet of one who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” ✦ ⁸Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices, They shout joyfully together; For they will see with their own eyes When the Lord restores Zion. ✦ ⁹Be cheerful, shout joyfully together, You ruins of Jerusalem; For the Lord has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem. ✦ ¹⁰The Lord has bared His holy arm In the sight of all the nations, So that all the ends of the earth may see The salvation of our God. ✦ ¹¹¶Depart, depart, go out from there, Do not touch what is unclean; Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves, You who carry the vessels of the Lord. ✦ ¹²But you will not go out in a hurry, Nor will you go as fugitives; For the Lord will go before you, And the God of Israel will be your rear guard. ✦ ¹³¶Behold, My Servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted. ✦ ¹⁴Just as many were appalled at you, My people, So His appearance was marred beyond that of a man, And His form beyond the sons of mankind. ✦ ¹⁵So He will sprinkle many nations, Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him; For what they had not been told, they will see, And what they had not heard, they will understand. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Isa 51 ·10 Isa 49 ·9 Isa 61 ·5 Jer 51 ·5 Acts 2 ·4 Ps 22 ·4 Isa 48 ·4 Ezek 20 ·3

Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 52 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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★ Start hereVideoBibleProject — video overviews & word studiesBibleProject · 5–10 min · Free · evangelical
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SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical
Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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★ Start hereCommentaryThe Book of Isaiah (NICOT)John N. Oswalt · Paid · evangelical
The standard evangelical commentary on Isaiah — thorough and devotionally warm.

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VideoBibleProject — Isaiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical
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CommentaryEnduring Word — Isaiah 52David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
CommentaryMatthew Henry on IsaiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Isaiah 52Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free
Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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