c. The LORD has made bare His holy arm: The thought beginning at Isaiah 51:9 (Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD!) Are the feet of him who brings good news, 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. Before any of His suffering is announced, His glorious triumph is assured. VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. Put on your strength, O Zion: The first Awake, awake! He replied, I tell you that if these (people) were silent, the stones would cry out (Luke 19:40). The Lamb's life (Isaiah 53:1-4). How beautiful How exceeding precious and acceptable; upon the mountains Of Judea, to which these glad tidings were brought; are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings Tidings, first, Of the release of the Jews from captivity in Babylon; and, secondly, Of the redemption and salvation of mankind by the Messiah. A Youth Group message that shares two messages in one. ASV: How 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, Thy God reigneth! Depart! Behold, it is I.. 3 ). Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. Selah. In the eyes of all the nations; Upon which the waste places of Jerusalem are called upon to rejoice, both because of the restoration of the Jews, and the conversion of the Gentiles, Isa 2:9,10. He is the bridegroom and we are His bride. Psalm 68:11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. of 11Depart, depart, go out from there, touch no unclean thing! 3. The Bible says that all who live godly lives in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution ( 2 Tim. Therefore my people shall know (Hebrew: yada) my name (v. 6). Thus I will become a smooth and polished shaft in the quiver of the Almighty, who will give me dominion over all and every one of them, when their refuge of lies shall fail, and their hiding place shall be destroyed, while these smooth-polished stones with which I come in contact become marred.' ( TPJS, p. What does it mean that the redeemed of the Lord will return (Isaiah 51:11)? You can tell by the way the feet move! A cascade of words is used to describe the communication these messengers/sentinels convey: peace, good news, salvation (repeated at the beginning and end of the pericope), Gods return to Zion, comfort, redemption. In an interlude of uncertain meaning (52:3-6), God declares that the peoples release from slavery will be accompanied by the defeat of Israels oppressors (Babylon) as had earlier been the case with Egypt and Assyria. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Touch no unclean thing; Awake, awake! So shall He sprinkle many nations. On several occasions after His resurrection, the followers of Jesus were slow to recognize Him (Luke 24:16, John 20:14 and 21:4). As mentioned in yesterday's commentary, Second Isaiah is prophesizing the return to Jerusalem out of the Babylonian exile. The Lamb of God [related lesson] 1. First Isaiah, who wrote chapters 1-39, has answered these questions. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. correct. To a person dying of thirst, a cup of water would be beautiful even if the cup were chipped or soiled. But really it isnt surprising. The time is coming when Israel as a nation will kneel before Him in unanimous repentance and national grief, when "they look upon Him Whom they have pierced," and God Almighty will proclaim, "Behold, My servant. that she has received of Yahwehs hand Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same . Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. Who proclaims peace, It is not God that has become lethargic; but we that have slept and need to awake. There is no doubt about it. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Israel will soon be free. Break forth into joy, sing together, In this case they sing the news of victory for all to hear. b. This page last updated: November 29, 2022. Our voices brought together now redefine who we are as recipients of the wonderful good news brought by the messenger. What did God mean when He said, I will not give my glory to another in Isaiah 48:11? The New Testament equivalent is euangelion (gospel). All reasons for battle, all reasons for warfare, all reasons for hatred, pride, self-justification are eliminated. But it seems to me that this passage has much higher beauty. The World English Bible is based on the American Standard Version (ASV) of the Bible, the Biblia Hebraica Stutgartensa Old Testament, and the Greek Majority Text New Testament. Additionally, Matthew quotes Isaiah 42:1-5 and plainly says it is a prophecy fulfilled in Jesus (Matthew 12:16-21). Go out from there, Isaiah 52:14 "Just as there were many who were appalled at him - his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness-". that her iniquity is pardoned, Elizabeth See the popularity of the girl's name Victory over time, plus its meaning, origin, common sibling names, and more in BabyCenter's Baby Names tool. In fact, as we enter the twelve days of Christmas we are immediately reminded of death on the day after Christmas and the martyrdom of Stephen and then, a few days, the remembrance of the Holy Innocents, the murder of children. These events are ascribed to the wrath of God; that is, the people have experienced the effects of Gods moral order sins have consequences. Awake This is a prediction and promise what she should do, that she should awake or arise out of her low estate, and be strong and courageous. Not to mention, so much of this poetic passage seems to describe Jesus' life. The word ruins describes Jerusalem after the Babylonian devastation. Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; The same is true for us. God allows his people to experience difficulty not only as punishment for their sins, but as a normal part of a life of discipleship. For you shall not go out with haste, We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. Perhaps the messenger raises his arms above his head in a V for victory. If those scars do remain, they will only increase His glory and beauty to our eyes, standing as badges of His matchless love. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Awake, awake! The watchmen cannot refrain from singing with joy. The watchmen are straining to see the one who is coming and find out the news. The Lord returns! The news is stated in cosmic terms: Your God reigns! Once again, we encounter the realignment of all earthly power and authority. The message is peace, good news, and salvation. For the LORD has comforted His people, Just let it be known and praised among My people.. Feet are mentioned instead of their whole persons, because the instruments of motion, and so of bringing the tidings, and of running to and fro with them from place to place, and even though they are dirty and defiled with sin; for Gospel ministers are not free from it, and are men of like passions with others; yet are beautiful when their walk and ministry, conversation and doctrine, agree together; and their feet are particularly so, being shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace. While Yahweh guaranteed the restoration, he didnt make it easy. To people imprisoned in the Nazi death camps, the American GIs who liberated them were a beautiful sight, even though the GIs needed a shave and shower and were clothed in olive-drab uniforms. Ruins can live again as the people of God flow back into those spaces. Despite this seemingly straightforward progression of events, upon closer look, we discover several surprises in the story. This has led to a crisis of faith. He doesnt guarantee that we will have easy lives but that God will prevail. of However, it is not Cyrus who will save the people, but Yahweh. When we make up our minds about who Jesus is, its easy to become blind and deaf to the plain, simple message of the word of God. Jesus used similar language on Palm Sunday when the Pharisees insisted that he order his disciples to stop praising him. Their situation seemed hopeless and their bondage seemed to have no end. Isaiah 40:9 O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Brueggemann, Walter, Westminster Bible Companion: Isaiah 40-66 (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1998), Hanson, Paul D., Interpretation Commentary: Isaiah 40-66, (Louisville: John Knox Press, 1995), Holladay, William, Unbound by Time: Isaiah Still Speaks (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cowley Publications, 2002), Hoppe, Leslie J., in Van Harn, Roger (ed. Psalm Commentary on Psalm 98 This question is still asked today, and the answer is extremely important. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. 3 For thus says the LORD: "You were sold ), which the WEB has updated. Yahweh has used the Babylonians to punish the exiles and to prepare them for redemption, but that phase of their history is drawing to a close. These sentinels see the messenger at a distance, but understand from his gestures that the news is good. The New King James Version rightly capitalizes Servant, because the context demonstrates this is a clear reference to Jesus. The prophet Isaiah is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The good news will be announced and the saved will go out victorious (Isaiah 52:7-12). And having blindfolded Him, they struck Him on the face and asked Him, saying, Prophesy! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Yahweh returns(Hebrew: sub) to Zion. Proud member Two primary images are used to convey the bringer of the good news. 8The voice of your watchmen! The ruins of the city are invited, ironically, to break forth in singing (52:9). And the God of Israel will be your rear guard. He brings the message to Judah. This is the source of all our singing. The text sets up a classic scenario. As the returning captives see (verse 8), so that sight is now available to all peoples. Salem Media Group. you who bear the vessels of Yahweh (v. 11b). The Lord who reigns is God over all gods, over all those forces, powers, idols, and obsessions that enslave the people. It is possible that actual historical realities are in view; that is, many of the exiles did not awake, listen, and return to Jerusalem and their own land; they preferred to stay in Babylon (and make their home there for centuries to come). This is the Servant previously spoken of in Isaiah 42:1, and Isaiah 49:3 and 6. i. Additionally, in Matthew 8:16-17 the Bible takes this passage of Isaiah 52:13-53:12 and says it specifically applies to Jesus. What does this verse really mean? The long anticipated herald announcing that these ruins are to rise, at length appears. Isaiah 52:7. This shalom is a shalom for all creation and for culture and for expressions of human life; the city, for example, with all of its structures is called into this shalom. He has redeemed Jerusalem. They had made God their enemy, and knew not how to make him their friend. Nor go by flight; Isaiah: End Times and Messiah in Judaism by Israel Rosenberg. 2. Copyright 2002-2023 Got Questions Ministries. His holy purpose is not only that people should observe Torah law faithfully, but also that they might establish justice and provide for those in need. That I am He who speaks: How Daniels Prophecy of 70 Weeks Connects to the End Times, 4 Ways the Parable of the Sower Encourages Spiritual Growth. The good news is that Yahweh (working through the agency of Cyrus of Persia) has defeated Babylon. SCRIPTURE QUOTATIONS are from the World English Bible (WEB), a public domain (no copyright) modern English translation of the Holy Bible. Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; Your God reigns! The victory is a cosmic victory. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. What she must do is put them on by responding to Him. Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations (v. 10a). How can the two coexist? It is a poetic hyperbole used to express the terrible effect of the beating He endured. Not only is a messenger coming to announce a victory from the battlefield, but Gods self is coming in triumph. O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. It is his feet, his running, his haste, that attracts attention; an indication that he bears a message of joy, and that the nation is about to be restored. 2. What a marvelous declaration Our God reigns. The victory that is proclaimed does not belong to this or that king, to this or that country, to this or that ideology, but to God alone. A new day has dawned! 1. In this earlier instance, we might think of the ruins of the city as a metaphor for the people of Jerusalem. is completed. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! see ( Revelation 19:1 ) : that sitteth unto Zion, thy God reigneth; that saith to Zion, the church of Christ, that Christ, who is truly God, and their God, has taken to himself, in a more open and visible manner, his great power and reigns as the Lord God omnipotent; and this is good news and glad tidings; see ( Psalms 97:1 ) ( Revelation 19:6 ) ( Revelation 11:15 Revelation 11:17 ) . The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. You shall be redeemed without money but it doesnt mean that it doesnt cost anything. This joy does not ignore the historical context. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. d. In the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God: God does not make His saving strength known just for those who are immediately rescued. behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. Psalm 59:13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. For example, when Paul says, "if any man be in Christ" (2 Cor 5:17 KJV), he clearly does not mean that only males can be saved. Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural, Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular, To be fresh, full, cheerful), to announce, Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular, Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace, Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity, Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular, Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem, Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular, gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative, Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular, To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel, Christ persuades the church to believe his free redemption, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Isaiah 52:7 How beautiful on the mountains are (Isa Isi Is). When they spoke against Him before, it was in blindness, but now what had not been told them they shall see. It is in the midst of death that a song arises, rejoicing in a promise. xxix. But God promises there will come a day when they shall know in that day that I am He who speaks. The exiles wonder if Yahweh has abandoned themor if the Babylonian gods have shown themselves to be stronger than Yahweh. From the battlefield, a messenger is sent to announce that victory has been won. How 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, Thy God reigneth! . choose. Put on your strength, O Zion; Sit down, O Jerusalem! halcyon days! Isaiah 53 is the fourth of the four "Servant Songs." (The others are found in Isaiah chapters 42, 49 and 50.) Put on your beautiful garments, Commentary on Isaiah 52:1-12. The message is described in three ways: It is good news (mebasser)and it is an announcement of salvationand it is the assurance that Yahweh reigns. But never the righteousness or salvation of God. The second Awake, awake! More than any man does not literally mean that by appearances, Jesus was beaten more severely than any man would ever be beaten. are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings. So His visage was marred more than any man, As a pastor, I have visited someone in the hospital whose face was brutally beaten - her name was Rosie, she had been beaten on one side of her face so I kind of have in my . This will be a deeply comforting event for the people, but this will also be a very public matter, visible and concrete; all nations, indeed all the ends of the earth shall see what God has done. However, we should not be troubled by the thought of seeing an ugly Jesus in heaven. The feet speak of activity, motion, and progress, and those who are active and moving in the work of preaching the gospel have beautifulfeet. that bringeth good tidings of good; or, "that bringeth good tidings" (l); for the original does not require such a tautology; it means the same good tidings as before, and which follow after: that publisheth salvation; by Jesus Christ, as wrought out by him for sinners, which is full, complete, and suitable for them, and to be had of him freely; and what better tidings than this? Isaiah tells Jerusalem to put on beautiful robesuncircumcised and unclean people won't enter the city anymore. i. Those that bring the tidings of their release shall be very acceptable ( v. 7 ): "How beautiful upon the mountains, the mountains round about Jerusalem, over which these messengers are seen coming at a distance, how beautiful are their feet, when it is known what tidings they bring!" It comes running to greet the oppressed. The watchers know of this wondrous news as they see the feet of the messenger running towards them. The text from Second Isaiah follows closely on Christmas Eves reading from First Isaiah though historically they are situated far apart. Yahweh will take such decisive action that his people will no longer doubt his name but will know (yada) his name. The Hebrew word mebasser, good news (v. 7), was the inspiration for the use of the Greek word euangelion, or gospel, by the first Christians (Hoppe, 361). What does it mean to set your face like flint in Isaiah 50:7. i. They remain and are more permanent than even the heavens and the earth. 12For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight: for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. Where God reigns, glad tidings reign. For thus says Yahweh You were sold for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money' (v. 3). Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. To exiles who have lost hope that they might ever be free again, the one who announces peace and good news and salvation is beautifulright down to his feet. To a drowning person, an old barge approaching with a rope would be as beautiful as anything could be. What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 52:7? Isaiah 52:1-2 'Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion. The returned exiles experienced great opposition from local people and the project ground to a halt (Ezra 4; Nehemiah 4-5). Isaiah: End Times and Messiah in Judaism is an unusual . "Yea, let the cry go forth among all people: Awake and arise and go forth to meet the Bridegroom; behold and lo, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. What does how beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news mean in Isaiah 52:7? Those who rule over them make them wailand My name is blasphemed continually every day: God looks down and sees how the nations have oppressed His people. In this case, the sentinels lift up their voices and sing together. It will be apparent to all that Yahweh is a great God. King James Version (KJV) Isaiah 52:13-66:18. 12 Further Reading Jesus was beaten so badly on His face that He hardly looked like a man. You always can block or delete cookies by changing your browser settings and force blocking all cookies on this website. following.Find an answer TABC Code and Rules Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code is made up of the guiding laws for the alcoholic beverage industry and passed by the Texas State Legislature. This peace and good news and salvation are not simply for the exiles in Babylon. For they shall see eye to eye Is It Ok for Christians to Follow Zodiac Signs? O captive daughter of Zion! (k) a "caro". 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