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Isaiah 52:10

in Isaiah 52

The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

KJV

The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

This verse in Isaiah 52

Commentary

11 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 420.

(Verse 9, 10.) Rejoice and praise together, O deserted Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord has prepared his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. LXX: Let the deserted Jerusalem burst into joy together, for the Lord has had mercy on her, and has redeemed Jerusalem. The Lord will reveal his holy arm in the sight of all the nations. And all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

This site's exposition

Break forth in joy

on Isaiah 52:9-10

The ruins of Jerusalem are told to sing, “for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem”, the redemption promised in verse 3. “The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations”, the figure of a warrior throwing back his sleeve to strike.

This site's exposition

bared His holy arm

Heroes put on armor for battle, Spurgeon notes. God bares His holy arm before the nations, without armor, and looks only to the overthrow of His foe. Jerome's Latin has the LORD prepare His arm, and the Septuagint has Him reveal it.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Theodoret of Cyrus

COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 16:52.10 · Written before 458.

proposed

The God of the universe will show his power, he says, to all the nations—for he gives to his power the name "arm"—and all people will know the Provider of salvation.

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on Isaiah · Written before 1274.

proposed

The Lord has prepared. Here he describes the order of liberation. And first, he sets out the manifest help of God: his holy arm, namely, his power, which all were able to perceive in this deed: all the ends of the earth have seen the …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This is applied to our salvation by Christ. 6 , All flesh shall see the salvation of God, that great salvation. It is here spoken of as a great business, which ought to be managed with abundance of care and circumcision.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

The Lord hath made bare his holy arm - That is, in delivering his people from bondage. This metaphor is taken from warriors, who made bare the arm for battle; and the sense is, that God had come to the rescue of his people as a warrior, and that his interpositions would be seen and recognized and acknowledged by all the nations. The metaphor is derived from the manner in which the Orientals dressed.
3 more voices on this verse

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

WHEN THE HEROES of old prepared for the fight they put on their armour; but when God prepares for battle he makes bare his arm. Man has to look two ways—to his own defence, as well as to the offence of his enemy; God hath but one direction in which to cast his eye—the overthrow of his foeman, and he disregards all measures of defence, and scorns all armour. He makes bare his arm in the sight of all the people.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

made bare . . . arm--metaphor from warriors who bare their arm for battle (Eze 4:7). all . . . earth . . . see . . . salvation of . . . God--The deliverance wrought by God for Israel will cause all nations to acknowledge the Lord (Isa 66:18-20). The partial fulfilment (Lu 3:6) is a forerunner of the future complete fulfilment.

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WHEN THE HEROES of old prepared for the fight they put on their armour; but when God prepares for battle he makes bare his arm. Man has to look two ways—to his own defence, as well as to the offence of his enemy; God hath but one direction in which to cast his eye—the overthrow of his foeman, and he disregards all measures of defence, and scorns all armour. He makes bare his arm in the sight of all the people. When men would do their work in earnest, too, they sometimes strip themselves, like that warrior of old, who, when he went to battle with the Turks, would never fight them except with the bare arm. “Such things as they,” said he, “I need not fear; they have more reason to fear my bare arm than I their scimitar.” Men feel that they are prepared for a work when they have cast away their cumbrous garments. And so the prophet represents the Lord as laying aside for awhile the garments of his dignity, and making bare his arm, that he may do his work in earnest, and accomplish his purpose for the establishment of his church. Now, leaving the figure, which is a very great one, I would remind you that its meaning is fully carried out, whenever God is pleased to send a great revival of religion. My heart is glad within me this day, for I am the bearer of good tidings. My soul has been made exceedingly full of happiness, by the tidings of a great revival of religion throughout the United States. Some hundred years, or more, ago, it pleased the Lord to send one of the most marvellous religious awakenings that was ever known; the whole of the United States seemed shaken from end to end with enthusiasm for hearing the Word of God; and now, after the lapse of a century, the like has occurred again. The monetary pressure has at length departed; but it has left behind it the wreck of many mighty fortunes.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • חָשַׂ֤ףhe has bared

    chasafH2834 →11 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • זְר֣וֹעַ[the] arm of

    zeroa'H2220 →91 times

  • קָדְשׁ֔וֹholiness his

    kadeshoH6944 →469 times

  • לְעֵינֵ֖יto [the] eyes of

    leeineiH5869 →887 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַגּוֹיִ֑םthe nations

    hagoyimH1471 →561 times

  • וְרָאוּ֙and they will see

    verauH7200 →1300 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אַפְסֵי־[the] ends of

    ʾafsei-H657 →44 times

  • אָ֔רֶץ[the] earth

    ʾaretzH776 →2504 times

  • אֵ֖ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • יְשׁוּעַ֥ת[the] salvation of

    yeshuatH3444 →78 times

  • אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ סGod our

    ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Revelation 15:4

    Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 86:9

      All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.

    • Malachi 1:11

      For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…

    • Jeremiah 10:7

      Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.

    • Psalms 22:27

      All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

    • Revelation 11:15

      Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…

  • Through

    Isaiah 51:9

    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…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 74:13–14

      You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

  • Through

    Luke 3:6

    And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 40:5

      And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

  • Through

    Revelation 14:6

    Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.

    it leads to

    • Mark 16:15

      And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

Where this verse is studied

About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Isaiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Spurgeon, The New Park Street Pulpit, Sermon No. 185: “The Great Revival” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON ISAIAH 16:52.10 and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.