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title: "Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 4"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "William Pringle"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Commentaries"
section: 36 of 50
url: https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-isaiah-volume-4/36/
cite: "John Calvin, tr. William Pringle, Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 4, section 36. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-isaiah-volume-4/36/"
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# Commentary on Isaiah, Volume 4

*John Calvin, tr. William Pringle*

Calvin on the prophet Isaiah, volume 4 of 4.

## 36. Chapter 52

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[¶0] 1 Awake, awake, O Zion! Be clothed with thy strength, Be clothed with the garments of thy beauty, O Jerusalem! the holy city; For there shall no longer come into thee, The uncircumcised And unclean.

[¶1] 2 Shake thyself from the dust; Arise, sit, O Jerusalem! Loose thyself from the chains of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion!

[¶2] 3 For rims saith Jehovah for naught were ye sold; Therefore shall ye be redeemed without money.

[¶3] 4 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah Into Egypt my people went down aforetime, That they might sojourn there; But Assyria hath oppressed them without cause.

[¶4] 5 And now, What have I here, saith Jehovah, That my people should be carried away for naught, And that they who rule over them should cause them to howl, Saith Jehovah, And that every day continually: My name should be exposed to reproach?

[¶5] 6 Therefore shall my people know my name; Therefore shall they know in that day That it is I who speak; Behold! I shall be present.

[¶6] 7 How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him that bringeth tidings, That proclaimeth peace, That bringeth good tidings, That proclaimeth salvation, That saith to Zion, Thy God reigneth!

[¶7] 8 The voice of thy watchmen! They have lifted up the voice; They shall shout for joy together; For they shall see eye to eye, When Jehovah shall restore Zion.

[¶8] 9 Praise ye, And rejoice together, Ye wildernesses of Jerusalem; For Jehovah hath comforted his people; He hath redeemed Jerusalem.

[¶9] 10 Before the eyes of all the nations Jehovah hath made bare the arm of his holiness; And all the ends of the earth Shall see the salvation of our God.

[¶10] 11 Depart ye, depart ye; Go ye out thence; Touch not the unclean thing; Go ye out of the midst of her; Be clean, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.

[¶11] 12 For not in haste shall ye go out, And not in flight shall be your journey; For Jehovah shall go before you, And the God of Israel shall assemble you.

[¶12] 13 Behold! my servant shall have prosperous success, Shall be exalted, Shall be lifted up, And shall be very high.

[¶13] 14 As many were shocked at thee; (So much was his face disfigured by men, And his form by the sons of men;)

[¶14] 15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; Kings shall shut their mouths on him; For what had not been declared to them they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall understand.