Isaiah 62:10

Go through, go through the gates To whom are these words addressed? The gates might be those of Babylon, in which case the passage is the exact counterpart of ch. Isaiah 48:20 ("Go ye forth of Babylon") and Isaiah 52:11 ("go ye out from thence"). It is possible, on the other hand, that those addressed are the present inhabitants of Jerusalem, who are invited to prepare for the final restoration of the Dispersion. The gates must then be those of Jerusalem or of the Temple (so Duhm).

prepare you the way of the people In ch. Isaiah 40:3 a similar command is addressed to angelic beings, and the "way" is that by which Jehovah Himself is to return, at the head of His people. Here the persons addressed must be the same as in the first clause of the verse; and throughout this section the prophet appears studiously to avoid the idea, so prominent in the earlier part of the book, of a triumphal march of Jehovah in person through the desert to Jerusalem.

cast up the highway ch. Isaiah 57:14.

lift up an ensign for the peoples (R.V.)] Cf. ch. Isaiah 49:22.