Cheer for Prostrate Zion
3 For thus says the Lord, “You were (H)sold for nothing and you will be (I)redeemed (J)without money.”
4 For thus says the Lord (a)God, “My people (K)went down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 Now therefore, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My (L)name is continually blasphemed all day long.
6 Therefore My people shall (M)know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”
The Exalted Servant
Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 52:4: ['Heb ', YHWH, ', usually rendered ', Lord]
b.
Isaiah 52:7: ['Or ', well-being]
c.
Isaiah 52:7: ['Lit ', good]
d.
Isaiah 52:7: ['Or ', is King]
e.
Isaiah 52:8: ['Lit ', eye to eye]
f.
Isaiah 52:10: ['Lit ', And...earth will see]
g.
Isaiah 52:12: ['Lit ', in flight]
h.
Isaiah 52:13: ['Or ', very high]
Cross references:
B.
Isaiah 52:1:
Exodus 28:2; Exodus 28:40; 1 Chronicles 16:29; Psalm 110:3; Isaiah 49:18; Isaiah 61:3; Isaiah 61:10; Zechariah 3:4
C.
Isaiah 52:1:
Nehemiah 11:1; Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 64:10; Zechariah 14:20; Zechariah 14:21; Matthew 4:5; Revelation 21:2-27
AF.
Isaiah 52:15:
Job 21:5