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Put on your garments of splendor, Jerusalem, the holy city. The uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/52.htm">New Living Translation</a> Wake up, wake up, O Zion! Clothe yourself with strength. Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem, for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer. <a href="/esv/isaiah/52.htm">English Standard Version</a> Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/52.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/52.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/52.htm">New King James Version</a> Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no longer come to you. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/52.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion; Clothe yourself with your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/52.htm">NASB 1995</a> Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/52.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no more come into you. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/52.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your glorious garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you. <a href="/amp/isaiah/52.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Awake, awake, Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you. <a href="/csb/isaiah/52.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Wake up, wake up; put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer enter you. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/52.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Wake up, wake up; put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the Holy City! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer enter you. <a href="/asv/isaiah/52.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/isaiah/52.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jerusalem, wake up! Stand up and be strong. Holy city of Zion, dress in your best clothes. Those foreigners who ruined your sacred city won't bother you again. <a href="/erv/isaiah/52.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/52.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, holy city of Jerusalem. Godless and evil people will no longer come to you. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/52.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jerusalem, be strong and great again! Holy city of God, clothe yourself with splendor! The heathen will never enter your gates again. <a href="/isv/isaiah/52.htm">International Standard Version</a> Awake, awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city, for the uncircumcised and the unclean won't enter you. <a href="/msb/isaiah/52.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/isaiah/52.htm">NET Bible</a> Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/52.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for there shall no more enter into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/52.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/isaiah/52.htm">World English Bible</a> Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/52.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion, "" Put on the garments of your beauty, Jerusalem—the Holy City; For the uncircumcised and unclean no longer enter into you again. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/52.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, Put on the garments of thy beauty, Jerusalem -- the Holy City; For enter no more into thee again, Do the uncircumcised and unclean. <a href="/slt/isaiah/52.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on the garments of thy glory, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for the uncircumcised shall no more add to come into thee, and the unclean.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/52.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> ARISE, arise, put on thy strength, O Sion, put on the garments of thy glory, O Jerusalem, the city of the Holy One: for henceforth the uncircumcised, and unclean shall no more pass through thee. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/52.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Rise up, Rise up! Clothe yourself in strength, O Zion! Put on the garments of your glory, O Jerusalem, the city of the Holy One! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer pass through you. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/52.htm">New American Bible</a> Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion; Put on your glorious garments, Jerusalem, holy city. Never again shall the uncircumcised or the unclean enter you. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/52.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for the uncircumcised and the unclean shall enter you no more.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/52.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> AWAKE, awake, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/52.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Wake up, wake up, oh Zion! And put on clothing of glory, Jerusalem the holy city, because he will not bring again to you the uncircumcised and the defiled!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/52.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/isaiah/52.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Awake, awake, Sion; put on thy strength, O Sion; and o thou put on thy glory, Jerusalem the holy city: there shall no more pass through thee, the uncircumcised and unclean. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/52-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=11700" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/52.htm">Deliverance for Jerusalem</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: ‘ū·rî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">Awake,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5782.htm" title="5782: ‘ū·rî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- To rouse oneself, awake. A primitive root; to wake.">awake,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3847.htm" title="3847: liḇ·šî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- Or labesh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. to put on a garment or clothe, literally or figuratively.">clothe yourself</a> <a href="/hebrew/5797.htm" title="5797: ‘uz·zêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Strength, might. Or rowz; from azaz; strength in various applications.">with strength,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6726.htm" title="6726: ṣî·yō·wn (N-proper-fs) -- A mountain in Jer., also a name for Jer. The same as tsiyuwn; Tsijon, a mountain of Jerusalem.">O Zion!</a> <a href="/hebrew/3847.htm" title="3847: liḇ·šî (V-Qal-Imp-fs) -- Or labesh; a primitive root; properly, wrap around, i.e. to put on a garment or clothe, literally or figuratively.">Put on</a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: biḡ·ḏê (N-mpc) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">your garments</a> <a href="/hebrew/8597.htm" title="8597: ṯip̄·’ar·têḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Beauty, glory. Or tiphereth; from pa'ar; ornament.">of splendor,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">O Jerusalem,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: haq·qō·ḏeš (Art:: N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">holy</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr (N-fsc) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">city!</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/6189.htm" title="6189: ‘ā·rêl (Adj-ms) -- Having foreskin (uncircumcised). Rom arel; properly, exposed, i.e. Projecting loose; used only technically, uncircumcised.">the uncircumcised</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: wə·ṭā·mê (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">and unclean</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will no</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: yō·w·sîp̄ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">longer</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">enter</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">you.</a> 2Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/revelation/21-2.htm">Revelation 21:2</a> I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. <a href="/revelation/19-8.htm">Revelation 19:8</a> She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints. <a href="/ephesians/5-14.htm">Ephesians 5:14</a> So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” <a href="/zechariah/2-10.htm">Zechariah 2:10-12</a> “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD. / “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. / And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem. <a href="/isaiah/60-1.htm">Isaiah 60:1</a> Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you. <a href="/revelation/3-4.htm">Revelation 3:4-5</a> But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white. / Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels. <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a> I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. <a href="/matthew/22-11.htm">Matthew 22:11-12</a> But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes. / ‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless. <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a> 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? <a href="/revelation/21-27.htm">Revelation 21:27</a> 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. <a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Isaiah 62:1-2</a> For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch. / Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-6.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:6-8</a> So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. / For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. / But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and the helmet of our hope of salvation. <a href="/isaiah/54-1.htm">Isaiah 54:1</a> “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD. <a href="/galatians/4-26.htm">Galatians 4:26</a> But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. <a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Isaiah 35:10</a> So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.awake<a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9,17</a> Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? … <a href="/daniel/10-9.htm">Daniel 10:9,16-19</a> Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground… <a href="/haggai/2-4.htm">Haggai 2:4</a> Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:put on thy beautiful<a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3,10</a> To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified… <a href="/luke/15-22.htm">Luke 15:22</a> But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:<a href="/romans/3-22.htm">Romans 3:22</a> Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:the holy<a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21,26</a> How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers… <a href="/isaiah/48-2.htm">Isaiah 48:2</a> For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.<a href="/nehemiah/11-1.htm">Nehemiah 11:1</a> And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.there shall<a href="/isaiah/26-2.htm">Isaiah 26:2</a> Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.<a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm">Isaiah 35:8</a> And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.<a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Isaiah 60:21</a> Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-5.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-20.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-2.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Clothe</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-13.htm">Henceforth</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-7.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm">Robes</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-3.htm">Splendor</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-4.htm">Uncircumcised</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-16.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/51-57.htm">Awake</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">Beautiful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">Circumcision</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-11.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Clothe</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-2.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-21.htm">Henceforth</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-10.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-2.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-14.htm">Longer</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Robes</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Splendor</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-1.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Uncircumcised</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-2.htm">Zion</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 52</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Christ persuades the church to believe his free redemption</a> 7. <a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">To receive the ministers thereof</a> 9. <a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">To joy in the power thereof</a> 11. <a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">And to free themselves from bondage</a> 13. <a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm">Christ's kingdom shall be exalted</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/52.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/isaiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/isaiah/52.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! This call to "awake" is a divine summons for Zion to rise from a state of spiritual slumber or desolation. The repetition emphasizes urgency and importance. Zion, representing Jerusalem and the people of God, is called to prepare for a new era of redemption and restoration. The imagery of clothing oneself with strength suggests empowerment and readiness for a significant change, possibly reflecting the end of exile and the return to prominence. This can be connected to <a href="/ephesians/6-10.htm">Ephesians 6:10-17</a>, where believers are encouraged to put on the full armor of God, symbolizing spiritual readiness and strength.Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! The "garments of splendor" symbolize a transformation from mourning to joy, from disgrace to honor. Jerusalem, as the "holy city," is called to reflect its divine purpose and identity. This imagery is reminiscent of <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a>, where the prophet speaks of being clothed with garments of salvation and righteousness. The call to adorn splendor indicates a return to divine favor and the restoration of Jerusalem's status as a city set apart for God's glory. Historically, this reflects the post-exilic period when the city was being rebuilt and reestablished.For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you. This phrase signifies a purification and sanctification of Jerusalem. The "uncircumcised and unclean" refer to those who do not belong to the covenant community and who defile the holy city. This promise of exclusion underscores a future time when Jerusalem will be free from foreign domination and spiritual impurity. It echoes the vision of a new Jerusalem in <a href="/revelation/21-27.htm">Revelation 21:27</a>, where nothing impure will enter the city. This also points to the ultimate fulfillment in the Messianic age, where Christ's reign ensures holiness and purity for His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/z/zion.htm">Zion</a> Often used to refer to Jerusalem, Zion is a symbol of God's chosen people and His dwelling place. It represents the spiritual center of God's kingdom. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Israel, Jerusalem is significant in biblical history as the site of the temple and a focal point of God's promises and prophecies. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_uncircumcised_and_defiled.htm">The Uncircumcised and Defiled</a> This phrase refers to those who are not part of God's covenant people, symbolizing impurity and separation from God's holiness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/a/awakening_to_god's_call.htm">Awakening to God's Call</a> Just as Zion is called to awaken, believers are called to be spiritually alert and responsive to God's voice in their lives. <a href="/topical/c/clothing_ourselves_with_strength.htm">Clothing Ourselves with Strength</a> Strength in this context is not just physical but spiritual. Believers are encouraged to rely on God's strength and to be fortified by His Word and Spirit. <a href="/topical/g/garments_of_splendor.htm">Garments of Splendor</a> The garments of splendor symbolize righteousness and holiness. Christians are called to live lives that reflect God's glory and purity. <a href="/topical/s/separation_from_the_world.htm">Separation from the World</a> The exclusion of the "uncircumcised and defiled" serves as a reminder for believers to live distinctively, set apart from worldly influences. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a> This verse offers hope for restoration and renewal, encouraging believers to trust in God's promise of a future where His people are fully restored and glorified.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_52.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 52</a> <a href="/q/how_is_jerusalem_'established_forever'.htm">Psalm 48:8: In what sense is the city “established forever” if Jerusalem has repeatedly fallen under foreign rule and been rebuilt? </a> <a href="/q/what's_the_bible's_view_on_zionism.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on Zionism?</a> <a href="/q/does_zech._1_14-15_align_with_other_biblical_judgments.htm">How does the promised divine judgment in Zechariah 1:14-15 align with or contradict other biblical accounts of God's dealings with foreign nations?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_62_1_fit_zion's_timeline.htm">How does Isaiah 62:1 align with historical and archaeological findings that question the timeframe of Zion's restoration?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/52.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>LII.(1) Awake, awake . . .--The repetition of the burden of Isa Ii. 9, 17, indicates, by a subtle touch of art, the continuity of thought. The call is addressed as before to Zion, as a castaway. It summons her to the highest glory. She is to put on the garments of beauty, which belong to her as the priestly queen of cities. (Comp. <a href="/exodus/28-2.htm" title="And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother for glory and for beauty.">Exodus 28:2</a>.) The alien and the impure shall no longer ride victorious through her streets, as in <a href="/isaiah/51-23.htm" title="But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict you; which have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and you have laid your body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.">Isaiah 51:23</a>. (Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/44-9.htm" title="Thus said the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel.">Ezekiel 44:9</a>, and the picture of the heavenly Jerusalem in <a href="/revelation/21-2.htm" title="And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.">Revelation 21:2</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/52.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 1-6. - FURTHER ADDRESS OF THE PROPHET TO JERUSALEM. Zion is exhorted to rise from the dust, throw off her bonds, and assert her freedom (vers. 1, 2). God will deliver her from this third captivity for his Name's sake, which her oppressors blaspheme (vers. 3-6). Verse 1. - Awake, awake; put on thy strength (comp. <a href="/isaiah/51-9.htm">Isaiah 51:9</a>). God can help those only who help themselves. The "arm of the Lord" having been called upon to "put on strength" in order to help Zion, Zion is now exhorted to do her part, and put on her own strength. Nor is she to stop there; she is further to rut on her beautiful garments - to array herself in the glorious robes which befit her as a royal and a holy city, and show herself once more a queen, instead of being content to remain grovelling as a captive (<a href="/isaiah/51-20.htm">Isaiah 51:20, 21</a>). Henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised. Foreigners shall no more visit Jerusalem to injure her or exult over her misfortunes (comp. <a href="/joel/3-17.htm">Joel 3:17</a>). When the influx of the Gentiles comes (<a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm">Isaiah 42:6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6, 22</a>, etc.), it will be one of Gentiles who are "circumcised in heart and lips," and no longer "unclean" (<a href="/acts/10-15.htm">Acts 10:15</a>). <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/52-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Awaken, עוּרִ֥י (‘ū·rî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> To rouse oneself, awake awaken, עוּרִ֛י (‘ū·rî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5782.htm">Strong's 5782: </a> To rouse oneself, awake clothe yourself לִבְשִׁ֥י (liḇ·šî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3847.htm">Strong's 3847: </a> Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe with strength, עֻזֵּ֖ךְ (‘uz·zêḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5797.htm">Strong's 5797: </a> Strength, might O Zion! צִיּ֑וֹן (ṣî·yō·wn) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6726.htm">Strong's 6726: </a> Zion -- a mountain in Jerusalem, also a name for Jerusalem Put on לִבְשִׁ֣י ׀ (liḇ·šî) Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3847.htm">Strong's 3847: </a> Wrap around, to put on a, garment, clothe your garments בִּגְדֵ֣י (biḡ·ḏê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage of splendor, תִפְאַרְתֵּ֗ךְ (ṯip̄·’ar·têḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8597.htm">Strong's 8597: </a> Beauty, glory O Jerusalem, יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel Holy הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ (haq·qō·ḏeš) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity City! עִ֣יר (‘îr) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction the uncircumcised עָרֵ֥ל (‘ā·rêl) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6189.htm">Strong's 6189: </a> Having foreskin (uncircumcised) and unclean וְטָמֵֽא׃ (wə·ṭā·mê) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> Unclean will not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no again יוֹסִ֛יף (yō·w·sîp̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> To add, augment enter you. יָבֹא־ (yā·ḇō-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 52:1 Awake awake put on your strength Zion (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/51-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 51:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 51:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/52-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 52:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 52:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>