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Isaiah 52:9
The result of the enemy’s attack on *Jerusalem is a reality. But there is every reason to be happy, because the people can now rebuild their city in peace.
The result of the enemy’s attack on *Jerusalem is a reality. But there is every reason to be happy, because the people can now rebuild their city in peace.
Verse Isaiah 52:9. _HE HATH REDEEMED JERUSALEM _- "He hath redeemed Israel."] For the word ירושלם _yerushalaim_, which occurs the second time in this verse, MS. Bodleian and another read ישראל _yisra...
BREAK FORTH INTO JOY - Jerusalem, at the time here referred to, was lying waste and in ruins. This call on the waste places of Jerusalem to break out into expressions of praise, is in accordance with...
CHAPTER 52 Zion Awakening and the Coming of the Lord (It is unfortunate that Isaiah 52:1 is detached from chapter 51 and that the last 3 verses of chapter 52 are detached from the chapter which follo...
ISAIAH 51:17 TO ISAIAH 52:12. THE SORROW OF JERUSALEM, WHICH SHALL GIVE PLACE TO JOY. Isaiah 51:17. The prophet, obviously familiar with the vision of...
COMFORTED. Compare Isaiah 40:1....
Isaiah 51:17 to Isaiah 52:12. The Lord will turn the Captivity of Zion The three oracles into which this passage naturally falls are these: (1) Isaiah 51:17. The prophet, returning to the thought wit...
The return of Jehovah to Zion....
_Break forth into joy, sing_ Render, BREAK FORTH INTO SINGING (lit. "Break forth, sing"). Cf. Isaiah 44:23. _the Lord hath comforted his people_ Isaiah 51:3....
BREAK FORTH INTO JOY— See chap. Isaiah 44:23 Isaiah 49:13. The figure here used is single, designed to set forth the greatness and excellence of the benefit of redemption. This address first animates...
b. REVELATION TEXT: Isaiah 52:7-12 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth sal...
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. BREAK FORTH INTO JOY, SING TOGETHER, YE WASTE PLACES OF JERUS...
1, 2. Zion invited to array herself as a queen and sit enthroned, freed from the presence of heathen foes, and with her children restored from captivity....
YE WASTE PLACES OF JERUSALEM... — The history of the return of the exiles in Ezra 1:3, seems a somewhat poor and prosaic fulfilment of the glorious vision; but it lies in the nature of the case, that...
פִּצְח֤וּ רַנְּנוּ֙ יַחְדָּ֔ו חָרְבֹ֖ות יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כִּֽי...
BOOK 4 THE RESTORATION WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long, steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to extricate and solve and load ourselv...
“THY GOD REIGNETH!” Isaiah 52:1-15 It is not God that has become lethargic; but _we_ that have slept and need to awake. Being awakened, we discover that two sets of attire are waiting for us: First,...
The second message (verses Isa 52:1-6) calls on Zion to awake and put on her strength and her beautiful garments, because she is to be cleansed of all internal defilement. Though she had been sold int...
9._Praise ye, rejoice together. _He exhorts believers to thanksgiving, but chiefly confirms them in the hope and confidence of this salvation; as if the actual enjoyment of it already called them to t...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 51 AND 52. The application is found in Chapter s 51 and 52 to the end of Verse 12 (Isaiah 52:1-12), and that to the remnant of Israel. In Isaiah 51:13 a fresh...
BREAK FORTH INTO JOY, SING TOGETHER, YE WASTE PLACES OF JERUSALEM,.... This is what the watchmen shall say when they lift up their voice; this will be one part of their song, and the intent of it; to...
_Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem._ Ver. 9. _Break forth into joy._] This is the subject matter of...
_Break forth into joy_ Break forth in joyful praises; _ye waste places of Jerusalem_ That is, all parts of Jerusalem, for it was all in ruins, and all parts of Judea, which lay desolate and waste duri...
THE MESSENGERS OF REDEMPTION...
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem, the ruins of the city themselves being regarded as mourning on account of the downfall of the city; FOR THE LORD HATH COMFORTED HIS P...
1-12 The gospel proclaims liberty to those bound with fears. Let those weary and heavy laden under the burden of sin, find relief in Christ, shake themselves from the dust of their doubts and fears,...
For you shall be restored unto your former and a far greater fertility....
Isaiah 52:9 joy H6476 (H8798) sing H7442 (H8761) together H3162 places H2723 Jerusalem H3389 LORD H3068 comforted...
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOOD NEWS OF YAHWEH'S DELIVERANCE; THE MESSAGE IS TO BE TAKEN TO THE WORLD (ISAIAH 52:7). Isaiah is so confident that God will deliver His people, that he already visualises Go...
CONTENTS: Vision of Jerusalem in the Kingdom age. Jehovah's servant marred and afterward exalted. CHARACTERS: God, Christ. CONCLUSION: Let God's people prepare for eternal joy, for His Word shall wi...
Isaiah 52:1. _There shall no more come to thee the uncircumcised._ The temple being often profaned after the captivity, this prophecy must have an ultimate reference to the glory of the church in the...
_Break forth into joy_ THE RETURN OF THE JEWISH NATION I. CONSIDER CERTAIN CHANGES WHICH SHALL HAVE TAKEN PLACE AMONG THE GENTILES OF CHRISTENDOM, AT, OR ABOUT, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JEWISH NATIO...
_Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice_ THE RETURN FROM EXILE From the glowing periods of this paragraph we can reconstruct the picture of the return from exile, as it presented itself to the seer. I...
COMFORT IN TROUBLE Isaiah 51:3; Isaiah 51:12, and Isaiah 52:9. _For the Lord shall comfort Zion, &c._ The prophecy is addressed to those who are striving after the right kind of life and seeking Jeho...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 52:1 FURTHER ADDRESS OF THE PROPHET TO JERUSALEM. Zion is exhorted to rise from the dust, throw off her bonds, and assert her freedom (Isaiah 52:1
Now again God cries for them. Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem (Isaiah 52:1), There's a day coming of just, "Put on your glorious garments and ge...
Galatians 4:27; Isaiah 14:7; Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 42:11; Isaiah 44:23