Isaiah 52:7-10
Chapter 52
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The Messenger of Peace
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who herald peace and happiness, who proclaim salvation and announce to Zion: “Your God is King!”8
Together, your watchmen raise their voices in praise and song; they see the Lord face to face, returning to Zion.
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Break into shouts of joy, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the Lord consoles his people and redeems Jerusalem.
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The Lord has bared his holy arm in the eyes of the nations; all the ends of the earth, in alarm, will witness God’s salvation.
Commentaries
The Messenger of Peace.
This messenger of the Lord brings the good news that the Lord is returning to dwell in Jerusalem (7-10). Therefore, the exiles are called to return to Zion from Babylon in a procession, carrying the sacred vessels of the Temple, without the haste with which they were urged to leave Egypt (11-12; cf. Ex 12:11).