Isaiah 52:2
Shake yourself from the dust! Arise, sit up, Jerusalem! Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!
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In Context
3For thus says the Lord, "You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money."
Cross References
Isaiah 29:4You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust.
Isaiah 51:14The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord God is on me;because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the humble.He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,to proclaim liberty to the captives,and release to those who are bound;
Jeremiah 51:45"My people, go away from the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of the Lord.
Zechariah 2:6Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,' says the Lord; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says the Lord.
Luke 21:24They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
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 →