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A Call to Spiritual Action
The repeated command, "Awake, awake," is an urgent call for God's people to shake off spiritual lethargy, grief, and despair. Commentators see this as a command to actively "put on strength" by trusting in God's power, moving from a posture of defeat to one of confident hope and action in His promises.
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Isaiah
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 52:1
18th Century
Theologian
Awake, awake - (See the notes at Isaiah 51:9). This address to Jerusalem is intimately connected with the closing verses of the pre…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 52:1
19th Century
Bishop
Awake, awake ... —The repetition of the burden of Isaiah 51:9, 17, indicates, by a subtle touch of art, the continuity of…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 52:1
16th Century
Theologian
Awake, awake. He confirms the former doctrine, to further arouse the people who had been weighed down by grief and sorrow. These things ne…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 52:1
17th Century
Pastor
Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion
Aben Ezra says, all interpreters agree that this prophecy is yet to be fu…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 52:1–12
17th Century
Minister
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 themse…