Isaiah 52:6
in Isaiah 52Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak; behold, it is I.
KJV
Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
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This verse in Isaiah 52
Commentary
12 notes on this verse(Verse 4 and following) Because thus says the Lord God: My people went down into Egypt at the beginning, to dwell there as strangers: and Assur without any cause has oppressed them. And now what have I here, says the Lord? For my people have been taken away for nothing: their rulers have acted unjustly, says the Lord, and my name is constantly blasphemed all day long. Therefore, on that day my people shall know my name, because I myself am the one who spoke, behold, I am here.
This site's exposition
went down to Egypt to live
on Isaiah 52:4-6
Verse 4 recalls two oppressions, Egypt at first and Assyria after, both “without cause” on Israel's part. Verse 5 sets the present exile beside them. Verse 6 answers they “will know on that day that I am He who speaks”, the “I am He” of this half of the book.
This site's exposition
that I am He who speaks
Clarke holds that the second therefore in the verse entered by mistake, absent from the Septuagint. Wesley reads that day as the day His people know His name through His power, at the return from Babylon and fully in the Messiah. Ambrose hears the LORD speak in person.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
That is, he extended his hands to a people who did not believe and contradicted: not seeking an ambassador or messenger, but desiring to save his own people, the Lord himself: 'I, who spoke, behold I am here,' he said. And so, openly, I appear to those who do not seek me, and I am visible to those who do not ask me.
[Christ] was not speaking as a teacher but as the Lord. He was not speaking in reference to a greater authority, but he was teaching that which was his very own. Particularly, he was speaking in this manner because he who had spoken by the prophets was speaking now in person. "It is I who have foretold it, Here I am!"
The Medieval Church1 voice
Therefore my people shall know my name in that day, of liberation, for I myself that spoke, promising, I am here, to fulfill my promise: afterwards he was seen upon earth, and conversed with men (Bar 3:38); God, who, at sundry times and in diverse …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Shall know - They shall experience my power and goodness in fighting for them. In that day - When I shall redeem my people: which work was begun by the return of the Jews from Babylon, and perfected by the coming of the Messiah. Behold - That all these promises are the words of the omnipotent, unchangeable God.
Therefore my people shall know my name,.... His nature and perfections; his faithfulness in fulfilling his promises to them; his power in delivering them out of their bondage; and his justice in punishing their enemies.
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
They shall know that God's word, which Israel is blessed with above other nations, shall without fail have its accomplishment in due season, that it is he who speaks by the prophet; it is he, and they do not speak of themselves; for not one iota or tittle of what they say shall fall to the ground. The Approach of the Messiah.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
Therefore my people shall know - The word לכן lachen, occurring the second time in this verse, seems to be repeated by mistake. It has no force nor emphasis as a repetition; it only embarrasses the construction and the sense. It was not in the copies from which the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate were translated; it was not in the copy of the Septuagint from which the Arabic was translated; but in the Aldine and Complutensian editions δια τουτο is repeated; probably so corrected, in order to make it conformable with the Hebrew text.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
shall know in that day--when Christ shall reveal Himself to Israel sensibly; the only means whereby their obstinate unbelief shall be overcome (Ps 102:16;
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Therefore my people shall know my name - The idea in this verse is, that his people should have such exhibitions of his power as to furnish to them demonstration that he was God.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לָכֵ֛ן | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| יֵדַ֥ע | yeda' | it will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| עַמִּ֖י | ʾami | people my | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| שְׁמִ֑י | shemi | name my | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לָכֵן֙ | lakhen | <to> therefore | H3651 → | 771 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | in the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֔וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִי־ | ʾani- | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| ה֥וּא | hu' | [am] he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| הַֽמְדַבֵּ֖ר | hamdaber | who is speaking | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| הִנֵּֽנִי׃ | hineni | here [am] I | H2005 → | 316 times |
לָכֵ֛ן<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
יֵדַ֥עit will know
yeda'H3045 →945 times
עַמִּ֖יpeople my
ʾamiH5971 →1873 times
שְׁמִ֑יname my
shemiH8034 →864 times
לָכֵן֙<to> therefore
lakhenH3651 →771 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםin the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֔וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֲנִי־I
ʾani-H589 →874 times
ה֥וּא[am] he
hu'H1931 →1879 times
הַֽמְדַבֵּ֖רwho is speaking
hamdaberH1696 →1141 times
הִנֵּֽנִי׃here [am] I
hineniH2005 →316 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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
Ezekiel 20:44Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 24:24
‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
- Psalms 115:1
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to Your name be the glory, because of Your loving devotion, because of Your faithfulness.
- Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to…
- Ezekiel 20:22
But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
- Ezekiel 20:14
But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
- Ezekiel 24:24
Where this verse is studied
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About Isaiah
This page draws on 12 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); Ambrose of Milan, On Joseph the Patriarch, 12.67; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; Jerome, HOMILIES ON MARK 76 (MARK 1:3-31); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.