Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comThrough the Bible Day by Day - Isaiah 52:1 - 52:1
(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)
This Chapter Verse Commentaries:
“Thy God Reigneth!”
Isa 52:1-15
It is not God that has become lethargic; but we that have slept and need to awake. Being awakened, we discover that two sets of attire are waiting for us: First, His strength, so that we may not be afraid of ten thousands of people who set themselves round about; and secondly, the beautiful garments of our Lord’s character. See Col 3:9-17.
At last the climax of the long prophetic stairway is reached and the summons for the exodus from Babylon rings out, Isa 52:11. It was God’s return to the desolate city, Isa 52:2; Isa 52:8. The stately procession moves slowly and fearlessly. It is not the escape of a band of fugitive slaves, dreading pursuit and recapture, Isa 52:12. Before it speed the heralds, appearing on the sky line as they ascend the mountains which surround the Holy City, publishing peace and salvation, Isa 52:7. The central body is composed of white robed priests, bearing with reverent care the holy vessels, Isa 52:11, of which Nebuchadnezzar despoiled the Temple, but which Cyrus restored. See Ezr 1:7-11. Thus, also, the Church marches through the world.