Isaiah 52:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit [on thy throne], O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִתְנַעֲרִ֧י מֵעָפָ֛ר ק֥וּמִי שְּׁבִ֖י יְרֽוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם *התפתחו **הִֽתְפַּתְּחִי֙ מוֹסרֵ֣י צַוָּארֵ֔ךְ שְׁבִיָּ֖ה בַּת־צִיּֽוֹן׃ ס

Transliteration

hitnʿărî mēʿāpār qûmî šəbî yərûšālaim hitpattəḥî môsrê ṣawwārēk šəbiyyâ bat-ṣiyyôn

Grammar Details

*hitnʿărî*: verb, hitpael imperative, feminine singular - shake yourself
*mēʿāpār*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - from dust
*qûmî*: verb, qal imperative, feminine singular - arise
*šəbî*: verb, qal imperative, feminine singular - sit/sit enthroned
*yərûšālaim*: proper noun, vocative - Jerusalem
*hitpattəḥî*: verb, hitpael imperative, feminine singular (textual variant) - loose yourself
*môsrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - bonds of
*ṣawwārēk*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your neck
*šəbiyyâ*: adjective/noun, feminine singular - captive
*bat-ṣiyyôn*: noun, feminine singular construct + proper noun - daughter of Zion

Word Meanings

*hitnʿărî*: shake yourself/free yourself/rouse yourself
*mēʿāpār*: from dust/from the ground
*qûmî*: arise/stand up/get up
*šəbî*: sit/sit enthroned/dwell
*hitpattəḥî*: loose yourself/untie yourself/free yourself
*môsrê*: bonds/chains/fetters
*šəbiyyâ*: captive woman/captivity/prisoner

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Referenced Verses

Jer 51:45 : 45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah.
Jer 51:50 : 50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Zech 2:6 : 6 Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith Jehovah; for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heavens, saith Jehovah.
Luke 4:18 : 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 21:24 : 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Isa 3:26 : 26 And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.
Isa 29:4 : 4 And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust; and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Isa 51:14 : 14 The captive exile shall speedily be loosed; and he shall not die [and go down] into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.
Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
Jer 51:6 : 6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and save every man his life; be not cut off in her iniquity: for it is the time of Jehovah's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.
Isa 51:23 : 23 and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee, that have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over; and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.
Isa 49:21 : 21 Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
Rev 18:4 : 4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people, out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues:

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