King James Version
Isaiah 52:2 in the King James Version says “Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daugh...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 52 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.”
Isaiah 52:2 · KJV
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
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“arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“and sit down”
H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
“loose”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
“thyself from the bands”
H4147properly, chastisement, i.e., (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint
“O captive”
H7628exiled; captured; as noun, exile (abstractly or concretely and collectively); by extension, booty
“daughter”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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