Isaiah 52:2

Shake thyself from the dust; 1 arise, O captive Yerushalayim; 1 free thyself from the chains around thy neck, 1 O captive Bat Tziyon.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

In Context

1Awake, 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

3For thus saith Hashem, Ye have sold yourselves for nothing; and your geulah (redemption) shall be without kesef.

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Cross References

Isaiah 29:4And thou shalt be brought low, and shalt speak me'eretz (out of the ground), 1 and thy speech shall whisper out of the aphar, 1 and thy voice shall be, like an ov (mediumʼs that has a familiar spirit), out of the ground, 1 and thy speech shall whisper out of the aphar. 1

Isaiah 51:14The tzo'eh (the one stooped [in the Golus]) hasteneth that he may be set free, 1 and that he should not die in shachat, 1 nor that his lechem should fail. 1

Isaiah 61:1The Ruach + 61:1 Hakodesh of Adonoi Hashem is upon me, + 61:1 Moshiach 1 because Hashem mashach (hath anointed) me + 61:1 Moshiach 1 to preach besurah (good news, glad tidings) unto the anavim (meek, poor, oppressed); 1 He hath sent me to bind up the nishberei lev (the brokenhearted), 1 to proclaim deror (freedom, liberty) for the shevuyim ([Golus] captives), 1 and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 1

Jeremiah 51:45My people, come ye out of the midst of her, 1 and save ye every ish his nefesh 1 from the charon af Hashem. 1

Zechariah 2:6Then said I: Whither goest thou? And he said unto me: To measure Yerushalayim, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.

Luke 21:24And they will fall by the edge of the cherev (sword) and they will all be led captive into the Golus, and Yerushalayim will be trampled down by the Goyim, until the times of the Goyim are fulfilled. + 21:24 Isa 5:5; 63:18; Dan 8:13

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 52:2-7

Encouragement to Jerusalem. ( b. c. 706.) 1 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. 2 Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 3 For thus saith the Lord , Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. 4 For thus saith the Lord God , My people went… Read the whole commentary →

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