Awake. Same form as in Isaiah 51:9. not the same as in Isaiah 51:17. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.
the holy city. Hebrew "the city of the Sanctuary". See note on Exodus 3:5.
Related Commentaries of Isaiah 52:1
Isaiah 52:1
1 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.