Isaiah 52:1-15

Isaiah: God controls the nations

God’s special servant

Isaiah Chapter s 49 to 57

Norman Hillyer

Chapter 52

God will rescue *Jerusalem

v1 Awake, awake, inhabitants of *Jerusalem! Be strong and be great again! Inhabitants of the holy city of God, dress yourselves with beautiful clothes. The foreigners who ruined your city will never again enter its gates. v2 Inhabitants of *Jerusalem, get up from the dust and sit! Throw off the enemy’s chains that are about your neck.

v3 (This is what the *Lord says.) ‘When you became slaves, nobody paid anything for you. And now nobody will pay any money to free you. v4 Long ago in the days of Joseph, my people chose to live in Egypt. But later the *Egyptians acted cruelly towards my people. Some centuries later, the *Assyrians did the same. And for no reason. v5 And now in Babylon, the same thing has happened again. You are prisoners. But nobody paid any money to buy you. And every day those who rule over you insult my name. v6 But my people will learn what my name means. On the day that is coming, they will know my name. And they will know that I, the *Lord, have spoken. I am here. I am active. My people will know the power of my name.’