New International Version
Isaiah 52:6
6Therefore my people will know my name; therefore in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I.”
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.
- 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.’ ”
- New Living Translation (NLT)But I will reveal my name to my people, and they will come to know its power. Then at last they will recognize that I am the one who speaks to them.”
Context of Isaiah 52:6
4For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed them. 5“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord. “For my people have been taken away for nothing, and those who rule them mock,” declares the Lord. “And all day long my name is constantly blasphemed. 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.” 7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” 8Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices; together they shout for joy. When the Lord returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes.
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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 52:6
- Exodus 33:19And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
- Exodus 34:5Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord.
- Psalms 48:10Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.
- Ezekiel 20:44You will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name’s sake and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, you people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”
- Ezekiel 37:13Then you, my people, will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.
- Ezekiel 39:27When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations.
- Zechariah 10:9Though I scatter them among the peoples, yet in distant lands they will remember me. They and their children will survive, and they will return.
- Hebrews 8:10This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Isaiah 42:9See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.”
- Numbers 23:19God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
- Hebrews 6:14saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”
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
Topics related to Isaiah 52:6
In the dictionaries
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
New International Version — © NIV® 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica
Commentaries