Self-interpreting Bible

Isaiah 52

1The church is roused with God's promise of free redemption. 7The welcome news of Christ's kingdom: 9the church is exhorted to rejoice therein; 11and to flee from bondage and its defilements. 13A prophecy of the glory of Christ after his sufferings.

1 ^aAWAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the ^bholy city: for henceforth ^cthere shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

a: Is. 51:9 , Is. 51:17 , Is. 61:3 , Is. 61:10 , Is. 60:19 , Is. 60:20 , Is. 40:1 , Is. 40:2 , Is. 44:23 , Zep. 3:14 - 20 , Hag. 2:4 , Lu. 21:28 , Hebrews 11 , Ep. 6:10 , 2Ti. 2:1 , Ro. 13:14 , Re. 15:6 , Re. 19:8 , Lu. 15:22
b: Ne. 11:1 , Re. 21:2 , Re. 21:27 , 2Ch. 6:6 , Je. 31:23 , Is. 1:26 , Is. 48:2 , Is. 60:21 , Zec. 8:3 , Zec. 14:20 , Zec. 14:21 , Re. 11:2 , Ps. 110:3 , Ps. 45:13 , Ps. 45:14 , Ep. 4:24 , Col. 3:10 , 1Pe. 2:9 , He. 3:1
c: Na. 1:15 , De. 23:1 - 3 , Is. 26:2 , Is. 35:8 , Is. 60:21 , Je. 9:26 , Eze. 20:38 , Eze. 44:9 , Zec. 14:20 , Zec. 14:21 , Re. 21:27 , 2Co. 7:1

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

d: Is. 40:1 , Is. 40:2 , Is. 61:1 , Is. 42:7 , Zec. 2:6 , Zec. 2:7 , Je. 31:8 , Je. 31:21 , Je. 50:4 , Je. 50:5 , Je. 50:33 , Je. 50:34 , Je. 50:19 , Je. 51:6 , Je. 51:23 , Je. 51:45 , Je. 51:50 , Is. 14:1 - 3 , Col. 2:8 , Ga. 3:23 , Ga. 5:1 , Ac. 15:10 , Re. 3:21

3 For thus saith the LORD, ^eYe have sold yourselves ^ffor nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

e: Ro. 7:14 - 25 , Is. 50:1 , Is. 45:13 , Je. 31:3 , Je. 15:13 , Eze. 36:20 , Eze. 36:22 , Eze. 36:32 , 1Pe. 1:18 , Tit. 2:14 , Ro. 3:24 , Ro. 5:20 , Ro. 5:21
f: Ps. 44:12

4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down ^*aforetime into ^gEgypt to ^*sojourn there; and ^hthe Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

*: aforetime-in the first instance. , sojourn-dwell for a time.
g: Ge. 46:6 , Exodus 1 , Exodus 5
h: Je. 50:17 , Is. 14:25 , Is. 11:16 , 2 Kings 15 - 19 , Ezr. 9:7 , Ne. 9:32

5 Now therefore, ⁱwhat have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is ^jblasphemed.

i: Is. 22:16 , Eze. 36:20 - 24 , Ps. 44:12 , Ps. 137:1 , Ps. 137:2 , Je. 27:5 , Je. 27:6 , La. 3:52 , Ho. 7:14 , Micah 2 , Micah 3 , Zep. 3:1 - 4 , Eze. 34:2 - 6 , Jeremiah 23
j: Eze. 36:20 , Eze. 36:23 , Ro. 2:24 , Mal. 2:17

6 Therefore my people ^kshall know my name: therefore they shall know ^lin that day that ^mI am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.

k: Ps. 9:16 , Ps. 48:11 , Ps. 58:10 , Ps. 58:11 , Jn. 17:6 , Is. 40:5 , Mal. 3:1 , He. 1:1 , He. 3:1 , He. 12:25 , Jn. 1:48 , Jn. 8:24 , Jn. 8:28 , Jn. 3:34 , 2Co. 1:20 , Nu. 23:19 , He. 10:23 , Tit. 1:2
l: Is. 2:11
m: Is. 46:4

7 ¶ⁿHow beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, ^oThy God reigneth!

n: Na. 1:15 , Ro. 10:15 , Ps. 89:15 , Ps. 68:11 , Is. 25:6 , Is. 25:7 , Is. 40:9 , Is. 61:1 , Is. 61:8 , Ca. 2:8 , Lu. 2:10 , Lu. 2:11 , Mat. 11:5 , Mar. 16:15 , He. 2:3 , Ac. 13:26 , Ac. 13:46 , Ac. 20:24 , Ep. 1:13 , Ep. 6:15
o: Zec. 9:9 , Psalms 93 , Psalms 95 - 100 , Mat. 28:18 - 20 , Ep. 1:22 , Re. 11:15 , Re. 11:17 , Mi. 4:7 , 1Ch. 16:31

8 ^pThy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see ^qeye to eye, when the LORD shall ^rbring again Zion.

p: Is. 56:10 , Is. 62:6 , Eze. 33:7 , Ezr. 5:1 , Ezr. 5:2 , Ro. 10:18 , Ac. 2:46 , Ac. 4:29 , Ac. 4:31 , Ac. 4:32 , Ac. 13:26 , Ac. 13:46 , 1Co. 1:10 , Ga. 1:7 - 9
q: 1Co. 13:12 , Ac. 1:3 , Ac. 1:8 , Ac. 10:39 , Ac. 10:41 , Zep. 3:9 , Ex. 33:11 , Nu. 12:8 , Is. 29:18 , Is. 35:2 , Ac. 4:20 , 1Jn. 1:1 , 1Co. 2:9 , 1Co. 2:10 , 2Pe. 1:16
r: Is. 52:7 , Ps. 85:1 , Ps. 14:7 , Is. 59:20 , Ro. 11:26

9 ¶^sBreak forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, ^the hath redeemed Jerusalem.

s: Isaiah 25 , Isaiah 26 , Isaiah 35 , Is. 27:2 - 5 , Is. 40:1 , Is. 40:2 , Is. 42:10 - 16 , Is. 44:23 , Is. 49:13 , Is. 51:3 , Is. 51:16
t: Is. 48:20

10 The LORD hath ^umade bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

u: Je. 50:34 , Ps. 110:2 , Ps. 110:3 , Ps. 98:1 , Ps. 98:2 , Ps. 98:3 , Mat. 28:18 , Mat. 28:19 , Lu. 3:6 , Re. 11:17 , Re. 6:2 , Ep. 1:19 , Ep. 3:7 , Ro. 15:13 , Ro. 1:16 , 1Co. 1:18 , 1Co. 1:24 , Is. 51:9 , Is. 53:1 , 2Co. 12:12 , He. 2:4 , Ro. 16:26 , Tit. 2:11

11 ¶^vDepart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, ^wthat bear the vessels of the LORD.

v: Zec. 2:6 , Zec. 2:7 , Hag. 2:13 , Je. 50:8 , Je. 51:6 , Je. 51:45 , La. 4:15 , Ca. 4:8 , 2Co. 6:17 , Re. 18:4 , Ac. 2:40 , Ep. 5:11 , 1Ti. 5:22 , 1Jn. 5:21 , 1Pe. 2:5 , Ac. 9:15 , 2Co. 4:7 , Ga. 1:15 , Ga. 1:16 , Phi. 3:7 - 9 , Ro. 1:1 , Le. 15:5 , Leviticus 21 , Leviticus 22 , Nu. 8:6 , Ezr. 6:20 , 2Ti. 2:21
w: Ezr. 1:7 - 11

12 For ^xye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will ¹be your rereward.

x: Ex. 12:33 , Ex. 12:39 , Ex. 14:5 , Ex. 14:19 , Ex. 14:20 , Ex. 13:21 , Mi. 2:13 , Is. 4:5 , Is. 42:13 , Is. 49:8 , Psalms 45 , Psalms 68 , Psalms 110 , 2Co. 6:17
1: Heb. gather you up.

13 ¶Behold, ^ymy servant shall ²deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

y: Is. 42:1 , Is. 49:3 , Is. 49:6 , Is. 53:10 - 12 , Eze. 34:23 , Zec. 3:8 , Phi. 2:9 , Phi. 2:10 , Ac. 2:33 , Ac. 2:36 , Ac. 5:31 , Jn. 12:32 , Mat. 26:64 , Is. 33:10 , Is. 2:11 , Is. 2:17 , Ep. 1:22 , Je. 23:5 , He. 1:3
2: Or, prosper.

14 As many were ^*astonied at thee; his ^z^*visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

*: astonied-astonished. , visage-face, expression.
z: Is. 53:2 - 5 , Is. 49:7 , Ps. 22:6 - 21 , Ps. 69:1 - 20 , Matthew 26 , Matthew 27 , Mat. 8:20 , Phi. 2:6 - 8 , Is. 50:6 , Is. 50:7 , Jn. 19:5 , 1Co. 1:23

15 ^aSo shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall ^bshut their mouths at him: for that ^cwhich had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

a: Is. 55:10 , De. 32:2 , Eze. 36:25 , Eze. 36:27 , Pr. 1:21 - 24 , Ps. 72:8 - 11 , Ps. 2:8 , Zec. 2:11 , Zec. 13:1 , Ac. 2:33 , Ep. 5:26 , Tit. 2:14 , He. 9:13 , He. 9:14 , He. 10:22 , He. 12:24 , 1Pe. 1:2
b: Is. 49:23 , Job 29:9 , Job 40:4
c: Ro. 15:20 , Ro. 15:21 , Ro. 16:25 , Ro. 16:26 , Ep. 3:5 - 10 , Col. 1:23 , Col. 1:27 , Col. 1:28 , Jn. 20:29 , Is. 65:1