Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 52:5

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 52:5 - 52:5

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 52:5 - 52:5

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

52:1 - 52:1
52:2 - 52:2
52:3 - 52:3
52:4 - 52:4
52:5 - 52:5
52:6 - 52:6
52:7 - 52:7
52:8 - 52:8
52:9 - 52:9
52:10 - 52:10
52:11 - 52:11
52:12 - 52:12
52:13 - 52:13
52:14 - 52:14
52:15 - 52:15

what have I here - that is, what am I called on to do? The fact “that My people is taken away (into captivity; Isa 49:24, Isa 49:25) for naught” (by gratuitous oppression, Isa 52:4; also see on Isa 52:3) demands My interposition.

they that rule - or “tyrannize,” namely, Babylon, literal and mystical.

make ... to howl - or, raise a cry of exultation over them [Maurer].

blasphemed - namely, in Babylon: God’s reason for delivering His people, not their goodness, but for the sake of His holy name (Eze 20:9, Eze 20:14).