How beautiful... — The image is reproduced, with variations, from Isaiah 40:9. There Zion herself was the herald proclaiming the glad tidings; here the heralds are seen coming to Zion, to tell her that her God is verily reigning, and their feet are beautiful on the mountains like those of an antelope (Song of Solomon 2:8; Nahum 1:15).
Verse Isaiah 52:7. _HOW BEAUTIFUL_] The watchmen discover afar off, on the mountains, the messenger bringing the expected and much-wished-for news of the deliverance from the Babylonish captivity. Th...
HOW BEAUTIFUL UPON THE MOUNTAINS - This passage is applied by Paul to the ministers of the gospel (see Romans 10:15). The meaning here seems to be this: Isaiah was describing the certain return of the...
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...
HOW BEAUTIFUL, &C. Quoted in Romans 10:15. THE FEET. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), for the whole person of the messenger, that we may not think of him, but of his coming as sent by J...
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....
Describes, in vivid pictorial imagery taken from ch. Isaiah 40:9, the arrival in Jerusalem of the first tidings of the deliverance from Babylon and the establishment of the kingdom of God. Part of the...
DISCOURSE: 961 THE NATURE OF THE GOSPEL Isaiah 52:7. _How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that...
HOW BEAUTIFUL, &C.— While the Son of God manifested himself in the flesh to his people, the prophet, immediately rapt into ecstacy, beholds first the evangelists, chosen by the Lord throughout Judaea;...
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...
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 salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God re...
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....
Cp. Isaiah 40:9; This and the following vv. refer to the return from the exile....
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 an...
The *messenger’s name does not appear. His name is not important. What matters is the message of good news (see Romans 10:15). • Although God’s people are now prisoners in a foreign country, God cont...
מַה ־נָּאו֨וּ עַל ־הֶ הָרִ֜ים רַגְלֵ֣י מְבַשׂ
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...
How (g) beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that proclaimeth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that proclaimeth salvation; that saith to Zion, Thy God...
_Peace. He come like a conqueror to save his people. It may also be applied to the prophets and apostles, (Calmet) as St. Paul explains it, Romans x. 15. (Menochius)_...
7._How beautiful upon the mountains. _The Prophet again confirms believers as to the certainty of the word of God, that they may be fully persuaded that they shall be restored to their former liberty,...
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...
HOW BEAUTIFUL UPON THE MOUNTAINS ARE THE FEET OF HIM THAT BRINGETH GOOD TIDINGS,.... Not of the messenger that brought the news of Cyrus's proclamation of liberty to the Jews; rather of John the Bapti...
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 salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God rei...
Isa. 52:7. "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings!" Jerusalem was compassed round with mountains, and therefore he that brought tidings to Zion must come over...
_How beautiful_ How exceeding precious and acceptable; _upon the mountains_ Of Judea, to which these glad tidings were brought; _are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings_ Tidings, first, Of the...
THE MESSENGERS OF REDEMPTION...
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, namely, those of the salvation of Israel, of Zion, THAT PUBLISHETH PEACE, announcing that all devastating warfare is no...
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,...
HOW BEAUTIFUL! these are words of rejoicing and admiration. They are exceeding precious and acceptable. UPON THE MOUNTAINS of Zion and Moriah, which are sometimes mentioned as one mountain, and someti...
Isaiah 52:7 beautiful H4998 (H8773) mountains H2022 feet H7272 news H1319 (H8764) proclaims H8085 (H8688) peace...
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...
Isaiah 52:7 I. In their first sense these words form a part of that great series of encouragement and consolation in which the prophet promises to Israel redemption from captivity and return from exil...
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...
_How beautiful upon the mountains_ MESSENGERS OF REDEMPTION Messengers coming over the mountains announce to Jerusalem the people’s redemption from Babylon, and the advent of Jehovah’s eternal kingd...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 52:7 Isaiah prompts the people of God to welcome the approach of every messenger of God (see Romans 10:14). THE FEET OF HIM WHO BRINGS GOOD NEWS. As...
THE GOSPEL AND ITS PUBLISHERS Isaiah 52:7. _How beautiful upon the mountains, &c._ Whatever reference this passage might have to the deliverance of the people of God from the Chaldean bondage, it ref...
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...
Acts 10:36; Isaiah 24:23; Isaiah 33:22; Isaiah 40:9; Isaiah 61:1;...
The mountains — Of Judea, to which these glad tidings were brought, and from which they were spread abroad into other countries. Of him — Or, of them; the singular number being put for the plural. Ret...