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         <div class="label">52</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content"> Wake up! Wake up!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">Put on your beautiful clothes,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">O Jerusalem,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.</span></span></span><span class="content"> holy city!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">For uncircumcised and unclean pagans</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.52.1"><span class="content">will no longer invade you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.52.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content"> Shake off the dirt!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;Shake yourself free from the dirt.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.52.2"><span class="content">Get up, captive</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tc The Hebrew text has &#1513;&#1474;&#1468;&#1456;&#1489;&#1460;&#1497; (sh&#255;vi), which some understand as a feminine singular imperative from &#1497;&#1464;&#1513;&#1473;&#1463;&#1489; (yashav, &#8220;sit&#8221;). The LXX, Vulgate, Syriac, and the Targum support the MT reading (the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa does indirectly). Some interpret this to mean &#8220;take your throne&#8221;: The Lord exhorts Jerusalem to get up from the dirt and sit, probably with the idea of sitting in a place of honor (J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 2:361). However, the form is likely a corruption of &#1513;&#1473;&#1456;&#1489;&#1460;&#1497;&#1468;&#1464;&#1492; (sh&#255;viyyah, &#8220;captive&#8221;), which appears in the parallel line.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jerusalem! </span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.52.2"><span class="content">Take off the iron chains around your neck,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.52.2"><span class="content">O captive daughter Zion!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.52.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content"> For this is what the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.52.3"><span class="content">&#8220;You were sold for nothing,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.52.3"><span class="content">and you will not be redeemed for money.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.52.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content"> For this is what the sovereign </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.52.4"><span class="content">&#8220;In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.52.4"><span class="content">Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content"> And now, what do we have here?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> says the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="content">those who rule over them taunt,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The verb appears to be a Hiphil form from the root &#1497;&#1464;&#1500;&#1463;&#1500; (yalal, &#8220;howl&#8221;), perhaps here in the sense of &#8220;mock.&#8221; Some emend the form to &#1497;&#1456;&#1492;&#1493;&#1465;&#1500;&#1468;&#1464;&#1500;&#1493;&#1465; (y&#255;hollalo) and understand a Polel form of the root &#1492;&#1464;&#1500;&#1463;&#1500; meaning here &#8220;mock, taunt.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> says the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, </span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.52.5"><span class="content">&#8220;and my name is constantly slandered</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The verb is apparently a Hitpolal form (with assimilated tav, &#1514;) from the root &#1504;&#1464;&#1488;&#1463;&#1509; (na&#8217;ats), but GKC 151-52 &#167;55.b explains it as a mixed form, combining Pual and Hitpolel readings.</span></span></span><span class="content"> all day long.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.52.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content"> For this reason my people will know my name,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.52.6"><span class="content">for this reason they will know</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn The verb is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).</span></span></span><span class="content"> at that time</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;in that day&#8221; (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV).</span></span></span><span class="content"> that I am the one who says,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.52.6"><span class="content">&#8216;Here I am.&#8217;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;How delightful on the mountains.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="content">the feet of a messenger who announces peace,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="content">a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.52.7"><span class="content">who says to Zion, &#8220;Your God reigns!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;has become king.&#8221; When a new king was enthroned, his followers would give this shout. For other examples of this enthronement formula (Qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular &#1502;&#1464;&#1500;&#1463;&#1498;&#1456; [malakh], followed by the name of the king), see 2 Sam 15:10; 1 Kgs 1:11, 13, 18; 2 Kgs 9:13. The Lord is an eternal king, but here he is pictured as a victorious warrior who establishes his rule from Zion.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.52.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content"> Listen,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn &#1511;&#1493;&#1465;&#1500; (qol, &#8220;voice&#8221;) is used at the beginning of the verse as an interjection.</span></span></span><span class="content"> your watchmen shout;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.52.8"><span class="content">in unison they shout for joy,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.52.8"><span class="content">for they see with their very own eyes</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;eye in eye&#8221;; KJV, ASV &#8220;eye to eye&#8221;; NAB &#8220;directly, before their eyes.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.52.8"><span class="content">the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s return to Zion.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.52.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content"> In unison give a joyful shout,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.52.9"><span class="content">O ruins of Jerusalem!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.52.9"><span class="content">For the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> consoles his people;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.52.9"><span class="content">he protects</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Or &#8220;redeems.&#8221; See the note at 41:14.</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.52.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content"> The </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reveals</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;lays bare&#8221;; NLT &#8220;will demonstrate.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> his royal power</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;his holy arm.&#8221; This is a metonymy for his power.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.52.10"><span class="content">in the sight of all the nations;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.52.10"><span class="content">the entire</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;the remote regions,&#8221; which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.</span></span></span><span class="content"> earth sees</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ISA.52.10"><span class="content">our God deliver.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;the deliverance of our God.&#8221; &#8220;God&#8221; is a subjective genitive here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.52.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content"> Leave! Leave! Get out of there!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.52.11"><span class="content">Don&#8217;t touch anything unclean!</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.52.11"><span class="content">Get out of it! </span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ISA.52.11"><span class="content">Stay pure, you who carry the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s holy items!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;the vessels of the Lord&#8221; (so KJV, NAB).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.52.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content"> Yet do not depart quickly</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.52.12"><span class="content">or leave in a panic.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;or go in flight&#8221;; NAB &#8220;leave in headlong flight.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.52.12"><span class="content">For the </span><span class="sc"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> goes before you;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ISA.52.12"><span class="content">the God of Israel is your rear guard.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Lord Will Vindicate His Servant</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.52.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content"> &#8220;Look, my servant will succeed!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;act wisely,&#8221; which by metonymy means &#8220;succeed.&#8221;</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ISA.52.13"><span class="content">He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn This piling up of synonyms emphasizes the degree of the servant&#8217;s coming exaltation.</span></span></span><span class="content"> &#8211;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.52.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content"> (just as many were horrified by the sight of you)</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Some witnesses read &#8220;him,&#8221; which is more consistent with the context, where the servant is spoken about, not addressed. However, it is possible that the Lord briefly addresses the servant here. The present translation assumes the latter view and places the phrase in parentheses.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ISA.52.14"><span class="content">he was so disfigured</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;such was the disfigurement.&#8221; The noun &#1502;&#1460;&#1513;&#1473;&#1456;&#1495;&#1463;&#1514; (mishkhat) occurs only here. It may be derived from the verbal root &#1513;&#1473;&#1464;&#1495;&#1463;&#1514; (shakhat, &#8220;be ruined&#8221;; see BDB 1007-8 s.v. &#1513;&#1473;&#1464;&#1495;&#1463;&#1514;). The construct form appears here before a prepositional phrase (cf. GKC 421 &#167;130.a).</span></span></span><span class="content"> he no longer looked like a man;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;from a man his appearance.&#8221; The preposition &#1502;&#1460;&#1503; (min) here carries the sense &#8220;away from,&#8221; i.e., &#8220;so as not to be.&#8221; See BDB 583 s.v.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.52.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content"> his form was so marred he no longer looked human</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;and his form from the sons of men.&#8221; The preposition &#1502;&#1460;&#1503; (min) here carries the sense &#8220;away from,&#8221; i.e., &#8220;so as not to be.&#8221;</span></span></span><span class="content"> &#8211; </span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.52.15"><span class="content">so now</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn This statement completes the sentence begun in v. 14a. The introductory &#1499;&#1468;&#1461;&#1503; (ken) answers to the introductory &#1499;&#1468;&#1463;&#1488;&#1458;&#1513;&#1473;&#1462;&#1512; (ka&#8217;asher) of v. 14a. Verses 14b-15a are parenthetical, explaining why many were horrified.</span></span></span><span class="content"> he will startle</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Traditionally the verb &#1497;&#1463;&#1494;&#1468;&#1462;&#1492; (yazzeh, a Hiphil stem) has been understood as a causative of &#1504;&#1464;&#1494;&#1464;&#1492; (nazah, &#8220;spurt, spatter&#8221;) and translated &#8220;sprinkle.&#8221; In this case the passage pictures the servant as a priest who &#8220;sprinkles&#8221; (or spiritually cleanses) the nations. Though the verb &#1504;&#1464;&#1494;&#1464;&#1492; does occur in the Hiphil with the meaning &#8220;sprinkle,&#8221; the usual interpretation is problematic. In all other instances where the object or person sprinkled is indicated, the verb is combined with a preposition. This is not the case in Isaiah 52:15, unless one takes the following &#1506;&#1464;&#1500;&#1464;&#1497;&#1493; (&#8217;alayv, &#8220;on him&#8221;) with the preceding line. But then one would have to emend the verb to a plural, make the nations the subject of the verb &#8220;sprinkle,&#8221; and take the servant as the object. Consequently some interpreters doubt the cultic idea of &#8220;sprinkling&#8221; is present here. Some emend the text; others propose a homonymic root meaning &#8220;spring, leap,&#8221; which in the Hiphil could mean &#8220;cause to leap, startle&#8221; and would fit the parallelism of the verse nicely.</span></span></span><span class="content"> many nations.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.52.15"><span class="content">Kings will be shocked by his exaltation,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">tn Heb &#8220;Because of him kings will shut their mouths,&#8221; i.e., be speechless.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.52.15"><span class="content">for they will witness something unannounced to them,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ISA.52.15"><span class="content">and they will understand something they had not heard about.</span></span></div>
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Wake up! Wake up!
Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!
Put on your beautiful clothes,
O Jerusalem, holy city!
For uncircumcised and unclean pagans
will no longer invade you.
Shake off the dirt!
Get up, captive Jerusalem!
Take off the iron chains around your neck,
O captive daughter Zion!
For this is what the LORD says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will not be redeemed for money.”
For this is what the sovereign LORD says:
“In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt;
Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.
And now, what do we have here?” says the LORD.
“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,
those who rule over them taunt,” says the LORD,
“and my name is constantly slandered all day long.
For this reason my people will know my name,
for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says,
‘Here I am.’”
How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains
the feet of a messenger who announces peace,
a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Listen, your watchmen shout;
in unison they shout for joy,
for they see with their very own eyes
the LORD’s return to Zion.
In unison give a joyful shout,
O ruins of Jerusalem!
For the LORD consoles his people;
he protects Jerusalem.
The LORD reveals his royal power
in the sight of all the nations;
the entire earth sees
our God deliver.
Leave! Leave! Get out of there!
Don’t touch anything unclean!
Get out of it!
Stay pure, you who carry the LORD’s holy items!
Yet do not depart quickly
or leave in a panic.
For the LORD goes before you;
the God of Israel is your rear guard.

“Look, my servant will succeed!
He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted –
(just as many were horrified by the sight of you)
he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man;
his form was so marred he no longer looked human –
so now he will startle many nations.
Kings will be shocked by his exaltation,
for they will witness something unannounced to them,
and they will understand something they had not heard about.

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