Isaiah , Sarah Barry
OUR GOD REIGNS!
Passage: Isaiah 52:1~12  
Key verse: 7
52 Awake, awake,(A) Zion,
clothe yourself with strength!(B)
Put on your garments of splendor,(C)
Jerusalem, the holy city.(D)
The uncircumcised(E) and defiled(F)
will not enter you again.(G)
2 Shake off your dust;(H)
rise up,(I) sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,(J)
Daughter Zion,(K) now a captive.
3 For this is what the Lord says:
4 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
5 “And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.
“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
and those who rule them mock,[a]”
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
my name is constantly blasphemed.(Q)
6 Therefore my people will know(R) my name;(S)
therefore in that day(T) they will know
that it is I who foretold(U) it.
Yes, it is I.”
7 How beautiful on the mountains(V)
are the feet of those who bring good news,(W)
who proclaim peace,(X)
who bring good tidings,
who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
“Your God reigns!”(Y)
8 Listen! Your watchmen(Z) lift up their voices;(AA)
together they shout for joy.(AB)
When the Lord returns(AC) to Zion,(AD)
they will see it with their own eyes.
9 Burst into songs of joy(AE) together,
you ruins(AF) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted(AG) his people,
he has redeemed Jerusalem.(AH)
10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm(AI)
in the sight of all the nations,(AJ)
and all the ends of the earth(AK) will see
the salvation(AL) of our God.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate; Masoretic Text wail
Cross references
- Isaiah 52:1 : S Isa 51:17
- Isaiah 52:1 : S 1Sa 2:4; S Isa 51:9
- Isaiah 52:1 : Ex 28:2, 40; Est 6:8; Ps 110:3; Isa 49:18; 61:10; Zec 3:4
- Isaiah 52:1 : S Ne 11:1; S Isa 1:26; Mt 4:5; S Rev 21:2
- Isaiah 52:1 : S Ge 34:14
- Isaiah 52:1 : S Isa 35:8
- Isaiah 52:1 : Joel 3:17; Na 1:15; Zec 9:8; Rev 21:27
- Isaiah 52:2 : S Isa 29:4
- Isaiah 52:2 : Isa 60:1
- Isaiah 52:2 : S Ps 81:6; S Isa 10:27
- Isaiah 52:2 : Ps 9:14
- Isaiah 52:3 : S Ps 44:12
- Isaiah 52:3 : Isa 45:13
- Isaiah 52:3 : S Isa 1:27; 1Pe 1:18
- Isaiah 52:4 : S Ge 46:6
- Isaiah 52:4 : Isa 10:24
- Isaiah 52:5 : S Isa 37:23; Ro 2:24*
- Isaiah 52:6 : S Isa 49:23
- Isaiah 52:6 : S Ex 6:3
- Isaiah 52:6 : S Isa 10:20
- Isaiah 52:6 : S Isa 41:26
- Isaiah 52:7 : S Isa 42:11
- Isaiah 52:7 : S 2Sa 18:26; S Isa 40:9; Ro 10:15*
- Isaiah 52:7 : Na 1:15; Lk 2:14; Eph 6:15
- Isaiah 52:7 : S 1Ch 16:31; S Ps 97:1; 1Co 15:24-25
- Isaiah 52:8 : S 1Sa 14:16; Isa 56:10; 62:6; Jer 6:17; 31:6; Eze 3:17; 33:7
- Isaiah 52:8 : Isa 40:9
- Isaiah 52:8 : S Isa 12:6
- Isaiah 52:8 : S Nu 10:36
- Isaiah 52:8 : Isa 59:20; Zec 8:3
- Isaiah 52:9 : S Ps 98:4; S Isa 35:2
- Isaiah 52:9 : S Ps 74:3; S Isa 51:3
- Isaiah 52:9 : S Isa 40:1; Lk 2:25
- Isaiah 52:9 : S Ezr 9:9; S Isa 48:20
- Isaiah 52:10 : S 2Ch 32:8; S Ps 44:3; S Isa 30:30
- Isaiah 52:10 : Isa 66:18
- Isaiah 52:10 : S Jos 4:24; S Isa 11:9
- Isaiah 52:10 : S Ps 67:2; Lk 2:30; 3:6
- Isaiah 52:11 : S Isa 48:20
- Isaiah 52:11 : S Isa 1:16; 2Co 6:17*
- Isaiah 52:11 : S Nu 8:6; 2Ti 2:19
- Isaiah 52:11 : S 2Ch 36:10
- Isaiah 52:12 : S Ex 12:11
- Isaiah 52:12 : Mic 2:13; Jn 10:4
- Isaiah 52:12 : S Ex 14:19
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The good news is that God is coming to redeem his people. It is a message of peace and salvation. It will come true when our God reigns. When sin, death, and Satan reign, we suffer in darkness, but when God reigns, we shout for joy, taste salvation, and experience peace and comfort. All the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. It is not world powers that reign, but it is our God who reigns. When we know that our God reigns, we can overcome fear and proclaim the gospel of Jesus. God wants to spread the good news of salvation to all nations. The feet of those who deliver the message of God’s hope to those who never heard it are indeed beautiful.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for redeeming me by the blood of Jesus. May your kingdom come! Help me bring the gospel of Jesus to the ends of the earth.
One Word: Our God reigns!