Isaiah 52:1
Awake, awake; 1 clothe thyself with thy strength, O Tziyon; 1 put on thy garments of splendor, 1 O Yerushalayim, Ir HaKodesh; 1 for henceforth there shall no more come into thee 1 the arel (uncircumcised) and the tameh (unclean). 1
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Exodus 28:2And thou shalt make Bigdei Kodesh for Aharon thy brother for kavod and tiferet.
Nehemiah 11:1And the rulers of the people dwelt at Yerushalayim; the rest of the people also cast goralot, to bring one of ten to dwell in Yerushalayim Ir HaKodesh, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
Isaiah 1:21How is the Kiryah Ne'emanah (Faithful City, i.e., Yerushalayim) become a zonah (harlot)! 1 It was full of mishpat; 1 tzedek lodged in it; 1 but now murderers. 1
Isaiah 26:2Open ye the She'arim, 1 that the Goy Tzaddik (right-with-G-d people) 1 which is shomer emunim (keeping faith) may enter in. 1
Isaiah 48:2For they call themselves of the Ir HaKodesh, 1 and lean themselves upon Elohei Yisroel; 1 Hashem Tzva'os Shmo. 1
Isaiah 51:17Awake, awake, rise up, O Yerushalayim, 1 which hast drunk at the Yad Hashem 1 the kos of His fury; thou hast drunk to the dregs 1 and drained dry the Kos HaTarelah (Cup of Reeling). 1
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 52:1
The greater part of this chapter is on the same subject with the chapter before, concerning the deliverance of the Jews out of Babylon, which yet is applicable to the great salvation Christ has wrought out for us; but the last three verses are on the same subject with the following chapter, concerning the person of the Redeemer, his humiliation and exaltation. Observe, I. The encouragement that is given to the Jews in captivity to hope that God would deliver them in his own way and time, ver. 1-6 . II. The great… Read the whole commentary →