Isaiah 52:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. ”

Isaiah 52:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thus saith the Lord God - In order to show them that he could redeem them without money, God reminds them of what had been done in former times. The numerous captives in Egypt, whose services...
Isaiah 52:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went (d) down in times past into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian (e) oppressed them without cause. (d) When Jacob went there in times of famine. (e)...
Isaiah 52:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 51:17 to Isaiah 52:12 . The Sorrow of Jerusalem, which shall Give Place to Joy. Isaiah 51:17-20 . The prophet, obviously familiar with the vision of Jeremiah 25:15 , pictures Jerusalem...
Isaiah 52:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

My People went down aforetime. Reference to Pentateuch ( Genesis 46:6 ). See App-92. the Assyrian. This was "another king" ( Acts 7:18 ), the first of. new dynasty, the "new king" of Exodus 1:8...
Isaiah 52:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. Into Egypt my people went down aforetime. Here also the commentators touch neither heaven nor earth; for the Jews dream of three captivities, and Christians differ from them by thinking t...
Isaiah 52:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. Thus saith the Lord God - אדני יהוה Adonai Jehovah; but Adonai i...
Isaiah 52:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For thus saith the Lord— In the third verse, which sets forth the true redemption of the church of Christ, we have the foundation of the preceding exhortation; of which this redemption was the true...
Isaiah 52:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. My people - Jacob and his sons. Went down aforetime i...
Isaiah 52:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1, 2. Zion invited to array herself as a queen and sit enthroned, freed from the presence of heathen foes, and with her children restored from captivity.
Isaiah 52:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

My people went down... — Stress is laid on the unprovoked character of the oppression in the case both of Egypt and the Assyrian invaders Sargon and Sennacherib. It is possible that Assyria may be...
Isaiah 52:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 4 THE RESTORATION WE have now reached the summit of our prophecy. It has been a long, steep ascent, and we have had very much to seek out on the way, and to extricate and solve and load ours...
Isaiah 52:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Thy God Reigneth!” Isaiah 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: F...
Isaiah 52:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The second message (verses Isa 52:1-6) calls on Zion to awake and put on her strength and her beautiful garments, because she is to be cleansed of all internal defilement. Though she had been sold in...
Isaiah 52:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thus saith the Lord God ,.... The Lord confirms what he had before said of redeeming his people without money, who had been sold for nothing, by past instances of his deliverance of them: my p...
Isaiah 52:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. Ver. 4. And the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. ] Nul...
Isaiah 52:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My people went down into Egypt Where they had protection and sustenance, and therefore owed subjection to the king of Egypt. And yet when he oppressed them I punished him severely, and delivered th...
Isaiah 52:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouragement to Jerusalem. B. C. 706. 1 Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put...
Isaiah 52:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; where they had protection and sustenance, and therefore owed subjection to the king of Egypt. And yet when he oppressed them I punished hi...
Isaiah 52:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 52 The Call To Jerusalem - The Rise of the Servant. The Third Call to Awake - Spoken To Zion/Jerusalem As The Redeemed Woman ( Isaiah 52:1-12 ). Yahweh Will Redeem His People ( Isaiah 52:...
Isaiah 52:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 52:1 . There shall no more come to thee the uncircumcised. The temple being often profaned after the captivity, this prophecy must have an ultimate reference to the glory of the church in t...
Isaiah 52:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Awake, awake The essential elements of a Church’s strength I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL ELEMENTS OF STRENGTH. I use the word constitution in a legitimate sense, as including both the creed and the pol...
Isaiah 52:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 52:1-23 FURTHER ADDRESS OF THE PROPHET TO JERUSALEM . Zion is exhorted to rise from the dust, throw off her bonds, and assert her freedom ( Isaiah 52:1 , Isa...
Isaiah 52:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Promise of Redemption
Isaiah 52:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 7:14 ; Acts 7:15 ; Genesis 46:6 ; Isaiah 14:25 ; Isaiah 37:38 ; Jeremiah 50:17 ; Job 2:3 ; John 15:25 ; Psalms 25:3 ; Psalms 69:4
Isaiah 52:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Egypt — Where they had protection and sustenance, and therefore owed subjection to the king of Egypt. And yet when he oppressed them, I punished him severely, and delivered them out of his hands. T...

Isaiah 52:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 52:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 52:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 52:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 52:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 52:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 52:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 52:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 52:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 52:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 52:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 52:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 52:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes