Isaiah 52:1

Translations

Modern

Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

Traditional

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Literal

Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion! Put on the garments of your beauty, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For will no longer will they enter into you again—the uncircumcised and unclean.

Latin

Consurge, consurge, induere fortitudine tua, Sion! induere vestimentis gloriæ tuæ, Jerusalem, civitas Sancti, quia non adjiciet ultra ut pertranseat per te incircumcisus et immundus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.

Notes

Isaiah 52:1

This second call to wake up (see Isaiah 51:17) was in preparation for a glorious future.
holy city: The new city would be holy because its citizens would be holy (see Israel 4:3).
will no longer enter you: Things that are unclean will not be permitted to enter the holy city (see Revelation 21:27).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Jerusalem Making Sense of the Exile Salvation in Isaiah Worship in Jerusalem Zion

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Revelation 21:27
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Isaiah 51:17
Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger.
Zechariah 3:4
So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”
Revelation 21:2
I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Isaiah 51:9
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
Isaiah 35:8
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
Isaiah 48:2
…who indeed call yourselves after the holy city and lean on the God of Israel; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
Haggai 2:4
But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.
Matthew 4:5
Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple.
Nahum 1:15
Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
Romans 13:14
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Beauty Church Circumcision Isaiah, Book of New Creation, New Creature New Jerusalem

Topics

Awakening Church: Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of Church: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Gentiles: Called: Uncircumcised Holiness: General Scriptures Concerning Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration Zion: Collectively, the Place, the Forms, and the Assemblies of Israelite Worship Zion: Restoration of, Promised

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