Isaiah 52:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

That bear the vessels, etc.] i.e. the priests and Lévites, who are to carry back to Jerusalem for use in the restored Temple the sacred utensils, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken away to Babylon. See the fulfilment of this recorded in Ezra 1:7-11.

Thy strength] Strength returns to Zion when the Arm of Jehovah works within her (Isaiah 51:9).

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.