Isaiah 52:2
Douay-Rheims
Shake thyself from the dust, arise, sit up, O Jerusalem: loose the bonds from off thy neck, O captive daughter of Sion.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
from the dust--the seat of mourners (Job 2:12-13). arise, and sit--namely, in a more dignified place: on a divan or a throne [LOWTH], after having shaken off the dust gathered up by the flowing dress when seated on the ground; or simply, "Arise, and sit erect" [MAURER]. bands of . . . neck--the yoke of thy captivity.
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1871 · Isaiah 52:2
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