Isaiah 52:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. ”

Isaiah 52:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy watchmen - This language is taken from the custom of placing watchmen on the walls of a city, or on elevated towers, who could see if an enemy approached, and who of course would be the first...
Isaiah 52:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(h) Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. (h) The prophets who are your watchmen will pu...
Isaiah 52:8 - 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 52:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sing . shout. see eye to eye . see face to face, and will be face to face with the coming heralds of the King, yea, with the King Himself. This oft misapplied expression ha? nothing whatever to do...
Isaiah 52:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. The voice of thy watchmen. He continues his argument; for he shews that there shall be such a restoration of the people, that the messengers shall venture boldly to proclaim it. To lift...
Isaiah 52:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 962 THE SAINT’S VISION OF CHRIST Isaiah 52:8 . They shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion . EXCEEDINGLY strong and animated are the descriptions given us, in the...
Isaiah 52:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. Thy watchmen lift up the voice "All thy watchmen li...
Isaiah 52:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

How beautiful, &c.— While the Son of God manifested himself in the flesh to his people, the prophet, immediately rapt into ecstacy, beholds first the evangelists, chosen by the Lord throughout...
Isaiah 52:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with...
Isaiah 52:8 - 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 52:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thy watchmen... — The sentinels see the heralds from their watch-towers ( Isaiah 21:6 ; Habakkuk 2:1 ), and sing out for joy, as they see, not only afar off, but “eye to eye,” the presence of the...
Isaiah 52:8 - 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 52:8 - 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 52:8 - 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 52:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The watchmen shall lift up the voice ,.... Not the Levites in the temple, nor the prophets of the Old Testament; rather the evangelists and apostles of Christ; best of all Gospel ministers in the la...
Isaiah 52:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. Ver. 8. Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice. ]...
Isaiah 52:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice Partly to give notice to all people of these glad tidings, and partly by way of exultation, to sing forth the praises of God for this glorious season and exerci...
Isaiah 52:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Approach of the Messiah. B. C. 706. 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the fee...
Isaiah 52:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy watchmen, thy ministers, who shall descry the approach and coming of this heavenly King and kingdom, shall lift up the voice ; partly to give notice to all people of these glad tidings; and pa...
Isaiah 52:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Proclamation of the Good News of Yahweh's Deliverance; The Message Is To Be Taken To The World ( Isaiah 52:7-12 ). Isaiah is so confident that God will deliver His people, that he already visu...
Isaiah 52:8 - 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 52:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice The return from exile From the glowing periods of this paragraph we can reconstruct the picture of the return from exile, as it presented itself to the seer...
Isaiah 52:8 - 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 52:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Messengers of Redemption
Isaiah 52:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:10 ; 1 Corinthians 13:12 ; Acts 2:1 ; Acts 2:46 ; Acts 2:47 ; Acts 4:32 ; Ephesians 1:17 ; Ephesians 1:18 ; Ezekiel 3:17 ; Ezekiel 33:7 ; Hebrews 13:17 ; Isaiah 12:4-6 ;...
Isaiah 52:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy watchmen — Thy ministers, who descry the approach of this heavenly king. Lift up thy voice — To give notice to all people of these glad tidings; and by way of exultation, to sing forth the prai...

Isaiah 52:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 52:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 52:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 52:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 52:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 52:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 52:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 52:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 52:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 52:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 52:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 52:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 52:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 52:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes