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Isaiah 52:2
Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh addresses Jerusalem and the captive Daughter of Zion immediately after commanding the city to clothe itself in strength and before declaring that redemption will occur without payment.
The words — הִתְנַעֲרִ֧י (hit.na.'a.Ri) commands the listener to shake yourself free, while מוֹסְרֵ֣י (mos.Rei) specifies the fetters or chains bound to the neck.
The thread — The promise of deliverance from captivity runs through Isaiah 51:14, the anointed proclamation of release in Isaiah 61:1, and the call to flee divine judgment in Jeremiah 51:45.
Why it lands — The text directly orders the removal of exile's marks and the restoration of royal posture, requiring the reader to accept the certainty of a coming political and spiritual reversal.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 51:14 The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
- Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- Jeremiah 51:45 Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 51:50 You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”
- Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- Revelation 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.
- Zechariah 2:6 “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
- Isaiah 3:26 And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
- Isaiah 29:4 You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
- Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.