Isaiah 52
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The welcome news of Christ's kingdom
Verse 1
WEB Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.
KJV Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
TSK awake: isa 51:9,17, da 10:9,16-19, hag 2:4, eph 6:10; put on thy beautiful: isa 61:3,10, lu 15:22, ro 3:22, ro 13:14, eph 4:24, re 19:8,14; the holy: isa 1:21,26, isa 48:2, ne 11:1, jer 31:23, zec 14:20,21, mt 4:5, re 21:2,27; there shall: isa 26:2, isa 35:8, isa 60:21, eze 44:9, na 1:15, re 21:27
Verse 2
WEB Shake yourself from the dust! Arise, sit up, Jerusalem! Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!
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.
TSK Shake: isa 3:26, isa 51:23, jer 51:6,45,50, zec 2:6, re 18:4; loose: isa 49:21, isa 51:14, isa 61:1, lu 4:18, lu 21:24
Verse 3
WEB For thus says Yahweh, “You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.”
KJV For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
TSK For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.: isa 45:13, isa 50:1, ps 44:12, jer 15:13, 1pe 1:18, ro 7:14-25
Verse 4
WEB For thus says the Lord Yahweh, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there: and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.
KJV For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
TSK My people: ge 46:6, ac 7:14,15; the Assyrian: isa 14:25, isa 36:1-37, jer 50:17; without: job 2:3, ps 25:3, ps 69:4, joh 15:25
Verse 5
WEB “Now therefore, what do I do here,” says Yahweh, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says Yahweh, “and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.
KJV Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
TSK what: isa 22:16, jud 18:3; people: isa 52:3, ps 44:12; make: isa 47:6, isa 51:20,23, ex 1:13-16, ex 2:23,24, ex 3:7, ps 137:1,2, jer 50:17, la 1:21, la 2:3, la 5:13-15, zep 1:10; my name: isa 37:6,28, ps 44:16, ps 74:10,18,22,23, eze 20:9,14, eze 36:20-23, ro 2:24
Verse 6
WEB Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore they shall know in that day that I am he who speaks; behold, it is I.”
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.
TSK my people: ex 33:19, ex 34:5-7, ps 48:10, eze 20:44, eze 37:13,14, eze 39:27-29, zec 10:9-12, heb 8:10,11; I am he: isa 42:9, nu 23:19, heb 6:14-18
Verse 7
WEB How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
KJV 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 reigneth!
TSK How beautiful: isa 40:9, isa 61:1-3, na 1:15, lu 2:10, ro 10:12-15; publisheth: ps 68:11, so 2:8, mr 13:10, mr 16:15, lu 24:47, ac 10:36-38, re 14:6; Thy God: isa 24:23, isa 33:22, ps 59:13, ps 93:1, ps 96:10, ps 97:1, ps 99:1, mic 4:7, zec 9:9, mt 25:34, mt 28:18, re 11:15
Verse 8
WEB The voice of your watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Yahweh returns to Zion.
KJV Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
TSK Thy: isa 56:10, isa 62:6, so 3:3, so 5:7, jer 6:17, jer 31:6,7, eze 3:17, eze 33:7, heb 13:17; lift: isa 24:14, isa 40:9, isa 58:1; with: isa 12:4-6, isa 26:1, isa 27:2, isa 35:10, isa 48:20, jer 33:11, ac 2:46,47, re 5:8-10, re 18:20, re 19:4; see: isa 30:26, jer 32:39, zep 3:9, zec 12:8, ac 2:1, ac 4:32, 1co 1:10, 1co 13:12, eph 1:17,18
Verse 9
WEB Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
KJV Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
TSK Break: isa 14:7, isa 42:10,11, isa 44:23, isa 48:20, isa 49:13, isa 54:1-3, isa 55:12, isa 65:18,19, isa 66:10-13, ps 96:11,12, zep 3:14,15, ga 4:27; ye waste: isa 44:26, isa 51:3, isa 61:4
Verse 10
WEB Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
KJV The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
TSK made: isa 51:9, isa 66:18,19, ps 98:1-3, ac 2:5-11, re 11:15-17, re 15:4; all: isa 49:6, ps 22:27, lu 3:6, ac 13:47, re 11:15, re 14:6
Verse 11
WEB Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing! Go out of the midst of her! Cleanse yourselves, you who bear the vessels of Yahweh.
KJV Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
TSK depart ye: isa 48:20, jer 50:8, jer 51:6,45, zec 2:6,7, 2co 6:17, re 18:4; touch: le 5:2,3, le 11:26,27,45,47, le 15:5-33, eze 44:23, hag 2:13,14, ac 10:14,28, ro 14:14, eph 5:11, 1pe 1:14-16, 1pe 2:5,11; be: le 10:3, le 22:2-33, ezr 1:7-11, ezr 8:25-30
Verse 12
WEB For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
KJV For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
TSK ye shall: isa 28:16, isa 51:14, ex 12:33,39, ex 14:8; for: isa 45:2, ex 13:21,22, ex 14:19,20, de 20:4, jud 4:14, 1ch 14:15, mic 2:13; the God: isa 58:8, nu 10:25
The humiliation of the Messiah
Verse 13
WEB Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.
KJV Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
TSK my servant: isa 11:2,3, isa 42:1, isa 49:6, isa 53:11, eze 34:23, zec 3:8, php 2:7,8; deal prudently: isa 53:10, jos 1:7,8, jer 23:5; he shall: isa 9:6,7, isa 49:6, ps 2:6-9, ps 110:1,2, mt 28:18, joh 3:31, joh 5:22,23, eph 1:20-23, php 2:9-11, heb 1:3, re 5:6-13
Verse 14
WEB Like as many were astonished at you (his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),
KJV As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
TSK many: ps 71:7, mt 7:28, mt 22:22,23, mt 27:14, mr 5:42, mr 6:51, mr 7:37, mr 10:26,32, lu 2:47, lu 4:36, lu 5:26; his visage: isa 50:6, isa 53:2-5, ps 22:6,7,15,17, ps 102:3-5, mt 26:67, mt 27:29,30, lu 22:64
Verse 15
WEB so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.
KJV So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
TSK sprinkle: nu 8:7, eze 36:25, mt 28:19, ac 2:33, tit 3:5,6, heb 9:13,14, heb 10:22, heb 11:28, heb 12:24, 1pe 1:2; kings: isa 49:7,23, job 29:9,10, job 40:4, ps 72:9-11, mic 7:16,17, zec 2:13; for: isa 51:5, isa 55:5, ro 15:20,21, ro 16:25,26, eph 3:5-9