New English Translation
Isaiah 52:6
6For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says, ‘Here I am.’”
Isaiah 52:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
- New International Version (NIV)Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here I am."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore My people shall know My name; Therefore they shall know in that day That I am He who speaks: ‘Behold, it is I.’ ”
Context of Isaiah 52:6
4For this is what the sovereign Lord says: “In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason. 5And now, what do we have here?” says the Lord. “Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the Lord, “and my name is constantly slandered all day long. For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says, ‘Here I am.’” 7How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” 8Listen, your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes the Lord’s return to Zion.
Read all of Isaiah 52Isaiah 52:6 word by word
לָכֵ֛ן יֵדַ֥ע עַמִּ֖י שְׁמִ֑י לָכֵן֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא כִּֽי־אֲנִי־ה֥וּא הַֽמְדַבֵּ֖ר הִנֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 52:6
- Exodus 33:19And the Lord said, “I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the Lord by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy.”
- Exodus 34:5The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name.
- Psalms 48:10The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earth is worthy of your reputation, O God. You execute justice!
- Ezekiel 20:44Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for the sake of my reputation and not according to your wicked conduct and corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.’”
- Ezekiel 37:13Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people.
- Ezekiel 39:27When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations.
- Zechariah 10:9Though I scatter them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places – they and their children will sprout forth and return.
- Hebrews 8:10“For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.
- Isaiah 42:9Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you.”
- Numbers 23:19God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?
- Hebrews 6:14saying, “Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”
Commentaries on Isaiah 52:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Therefore my people shall know - The word לכן lachen, occurring the second time in this verse, seems to be repeated by mistake. It has no force nor emphasis as a repetition; it only embarrasses the construction and the sense. It was not in the copies from which the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate were translated; it was not in the copy of the Septuagint from which the Arabic was translated; but in the Aldine and Complutensian editions is repeated…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Therefore my people shall know my name - The idea in this verse is, that his people should have such exhibitions of his power as to furnish to them demonstration that he was God.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Just as God revealed himself to Moses before the exodus (Exodus 3:15), he will reveal himself in the future rescue from exile.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. shall know in that day--when Christ shall reveal Himself to Israel sensibly; the only means whereby their obstinate unbelief shall be overcome (Psa 102:16; Zec 12:10; 14:5).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 52
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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