isaiah-52:7-53:12-niv

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 52:7

(7) How beautiful . . .—The image is reproduced, with variations, from Isaiah 40:9. There Zion herself was the herald proclaiming the glad tidings; here the heralds are seen coming to Zion, to tell her that her God is verily reigning, and their feet are beautiful on the mountains like those of an antelope (Song of Solomon 2:8-9; Nahum 1:15). read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 52:1-15

Isaiah 52:7 Ruskin remarks on this verse: 'How strange it seems that physical science should ever have been thought adverse to religion! The pride of physical science is indeed adverse, like every other pride, both to religion and truth; but sincerity of science, so far from being hostile, is the pathmaker among the mountains for the feet of them that publish peace.' References. Leviticus 7:0 . W. J. McKittrick, Christian World Pulpit, vol. lxvii. 1905, p. 29. Leviticus 10:0 . Spurgeon, ... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-12

CHAPTER XXIDOUBTS IN THE WAYIsaiah 49:1-26 - Isaiah 52:12CHAPTERS 49-53 are, as we have seen, a series of more or less closely joined passages, in which the prophet, having already made the political redemption of Israel certain through Cyrus, and having dismissed Cyrus from his thoughts, addresses himself to various difficulties in the way of restoration, chiefly moral and spiritual, and rising from Israel’s own feelings and character; exhorts the people in face of them by Jehovah’s... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 52:1-15

CHAPTER 52 Zion Awakening and the Coming of the Lord (It is unfortunate that Isaiah 52:1-12 is detached from chapter 51 and that the last 3 verses of chapter 52 are detached from the chapter which follows. The correct division is Isaiah 51:1-23 ; Isaiah 52:12 , Isaiah 52:13-15 ; Isaiah 53:1-12 .) 1. Zion called to awake (Isaiah 52:1-5 ) 2. “In that day” Behold it is I (Isaiah 52:6 ) 3. The results of the return of Jehovah (Isaiah 52:7-12 ) 4. The Servant’s suffering and glory (Isaiah... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Isaiah 52:7

52:7 How {g} beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that proclaimeth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that proclaimeth salvation; that saith to Zion, Thy God reigneth!(g) Signifying that the joy and good tidings of their deliverance would make their affliction in the mean time more easy: but this is chiefly meant of the spiritual joy, as in Nahum 1:15, Romans 10:15 . read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:1-15

THE MESSIAH REVEALED The thirty-two chapters deal particularly with the Person and work of the Messiah. Isaiah has sometimes been called the evangelical prophet because of the large space he gives to that subject a circumstance the more notable because of the silence concerning it since Moses. The explanation of this silence is hinted at in the lesson on the introduction to the prophets. In chapter 49, the Messiah speaks of Himself and the failure of His mission in His rejection by His... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 52:1-15

Supreme Energy Isa 52:1 Let us consider the words, "Put on thy strength." Is it a thing we can "put on"? If we are strong, we are strong; if we are weak, we have no strength to "put on." What is the meaning, then, of "Put on thy strength"? Sometimes we say, "Be a man!" The reply is obvious "How can I be more a man than I am? How can I be less, or other, than a man?" Sometimes we say, "Play the man!" What else can I play? How remarkably pointless is the exhortation or injunction, "Play the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 52:7-10

What glorious tidings of salvation must they be, when the very feet of those who bring them, are accounted by the Lord himself to be beautiful! This is indeed good news from a far country; and when the soul that hears the joyful sound, knows by heart-felt experience, that Jesus reigneth in and over all his affections, this is a joy unspeakable and full of glory. I cannot dismiss this view of the beautifulness of the feet of Jesus's sent servants, without reminding the Reader how Jesus honoured... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Isaiah 52:7

Peace. He come like a conqueror to save his people. It may also be applied to the prophets and apostles, (Calmet) as St. Paul explains it, Romans x. 15. (Menochius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 52:1-12

1-12 The gospel proclaims liberty to those bound with fears. Let those weary and heavy laden under the burden of sin, find relief in Christ, shake themselves from the dust of their doubts and fears, and loose themselves from those bands. The price paid by the Redeemer for our salvation, was not silver or gold, or corruptible things, but his own precious blood. Considering the freeness of this salvation, and how hurtful to temporal comfort sins are, we shall more value the redemption which is in... read more