Isaiah 52

Berean Standard Bible · Compare translations · 700 BC – 538 BC · Exile in Babylon · Tap a verse to copy, share or highlight ·

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Deliverance for Jerusalem

¹Awake, awake,

clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!

Put on your garments of splendor,

O Jerusalem, holy city!

For the uncircumcised and unclean

will no longer enter you.

²Shake off your dust!

Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem.

Remove the chains from your neck,

O captive Daughter of Zion.

³For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,

and without money you will be redeemed.”

⁴For this is what the Lord God says:

“At first My people went down to Egypt to live,

then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

⁵And now what have I here?

declares the Lord.

For My people have been taken without cause;

those who rule them taunt,

declares the Lord,

and My name is blasphemed continually

all day long.

⁶Therefore My people will know My name;

therefore they will know on that day

that I am He who speaks.

Here I am!”

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.

For every eye will see

when the Lord returns to Zion.

⁹Break forth in joy, sing together,

O ruins of Jerusalem,

for the Lord has comforted His people;

He has redeemed Jerusalem.

¹⁰The Lord has bared His holy arm

in the sight of all the nations;

all the ends of the earth will see

the salvation of our God.

¹¹Depart, depart, go out from there!

Touch no unclean thing;

come out from it, purify yourselves,

you who carry the vessels of the Lord.

¹²For you will not leave in a hurry

nor flee in haste,

for the Lord goes before you,

and the God of Israel is your rear guard.

The Servant Exalted

Philippians 2:5–11

¹³Behold, My Servant will prosper;

He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

¹⁴Just as many were appalled at Him—

His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man,

and His form was marred beyond human likeness—

¹⁵so He will sprinkle many nations.

Kings will shut their mouths because of Him.

For they will see what they have not been told,

and they will understand what they have not heard.

Footnotes (8)

a v5 DSS and Vulgate; MT wail
b v5 LXX—on account of you My name is blasphemed continually among the Gentiles; cited in Romans 2:24
c v7 Cited in Romans 10:15
d v11 Cited in 2 Corinthians 6:17
e v13 Or will act wisely
f v14 Syriac; Hebrew at You
g v15 Or startle
h v15 LXX For those who were not told will see, and those who have not heard will understand. Cited in Romans 15:21

Study notes on this chapter · 2

QuotationLinked by the New Testament

God's name blasphemed among the Gentiles

Paul accuses his Jewish interlocutor of breaking the law he teaches, so that God's name is blasphemed among the Gentiles 'as it is written'. The line is from Isaiah, where exile exposed God's name to mockery.

When: Isaiah, c. 700–540 BC; Romans, c. AD 57.

Original passageIsaiah 52:5

Where the New Testament applies itRomans 2:17–24

Editorial note by BibleWay. Interpretations vary; dates are approximate scholarly estimates.

Prophecy & fulfillmentLinked by the New Testament

How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news

Isaiah pictures a messenger on the mountains announcing peace and salvation, and saying to Zion, 'Your God reigns'. Paul applies it to those who proclaim the gospel, in his argument that faith comes by hearing.

When: Isaiah, c. 700–540 BC; Romans, c. AD 57.

Original passageIsaiah 52:7Nahum 1:15

Where the New Testament applies itRomans 10:14–15

Echoed inEphesians 6:15