Isaiah 52:2

Isaiah 52:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
• New International Version (NIV)Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned, Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, Daughter Zion, now a captive.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Shake yourself from the dust and arise; be seated, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Shake yourself from the dust, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion!

Context of Isaiah 52:2

1Awake, awake! Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion! Clothe yourself in beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and the unclean will never invade you again. Shake off the dust and arise! Be enthroned, Jerusalem. Loose the bonds off your neck, captive Daughter of Zion. 3For thus says Adonai: “You were sold for nothing. So you will be redeemed without silver.” 4For thus says Adonai Elohim: “At first My people went down to Egypt to reside there, then the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.

Isaiah 52:2 word by word

הִתְנַעֲרִ֧י מֵעָפָ֛ר ק֥וּמִי שְּׁבִ֖י יְרֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙ מוֹסְרֵ֣י צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ שְׁבִיָּ֖ה בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Shakeנָעַרnâ‛ar · to shakeH5287
• thyself from the dustעָפָר‛âphâr · dustH6083
• ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• sit downיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• O Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• looseפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• thyself from the bandsמוֹסֵרmôsêr môsêrâh môserâh · bondH4147
• of thy neckצַוָּארtsavvâ'r tsavvâr tsavvârôn tsavvâ'râh · neckH6677
• O captiveשָׁבִיshebîy · captiveH7628
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• of Zionצִיּוֹןtsîyôn · ZionH6726

Cross-references for Isaiah 52:2

• Isaiah 3:26Her gates will lament and mourn. Desolate, she will sit on the ground.
• Isaiah 51:23Then I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, who said to you, ‘Lie down, so we may walk over you.’ You have made your back like the ground and like a street for passersby.
• Jeremiah 51:6Flee from within Babylon! Each one, escape with his soul! Be not silenced in her iniquity! For it is a time of vengeance for Adonai. He will repay her recompense.
• Zechariah 2:6I asked, ‘Where are you going?’ He answered me, ‘To measure Jerusalem to see how wide and how long it is.’
• Revelation 18:4Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you participate in her sins and receive her plagues!
• Isaiah 49:21Then you will say in your heart, “Who has borne these for me? Wasn’t I bereaved of my children— barren, an exile and wandering? So who has raised these? Behold, I was left alone— these, where were they?”
• Isaiah 51:14Soon one bowed down will be released. He will not die and go to the Pit, nor will his bread be lacking.
• Isaiah 61:1The Ruach Adonai Elohim is on me, because Adonai has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound,
• Luke 4:18“The Ruach Adonai is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,
• Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Commentaries on Isaiah 52:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Sit down, O Jerusalem "Ascend thy lofty seat, O Jerusalem" - The literal rendering here is, according to our English translation, "arise, sit;" on which a very learned person remarks: "So the old versions. But sitting is an expression of mourning in Scripture and the ancients; and doth not well agree with the rising just before." It does not indeed agree, according to our ideas; but, considered in an oriental light, it is perfectly consistent. The common…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Shake thyself from the dust - To sit on the ground, to sit in the dust, is an expression descriptive of mourning Job 2:13. Jerusalem is here called on to arise and shake off the dust, as indicating that the days of her grief were ended, and that she was about to be restored to her former beauty and splendor. Arise and sit down - There is an incongruity in this expression in our translation, which does not occur in the original. The idea in the Hebrew is…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. from the dust--the seat of mourners (Job 2:12, 13). arise, and sit--namely, in a more dignified place: on a divan or a throne [Lowth], after having shaken off the dust gathered up by the flowing dress when seated on the ground; or simply, "Arise, and sit erect" [Maurer]. bands of ... neck--the yoke of thy captivity.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 52:2

• Church
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Zion

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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