Isaiah 52:7 KJV

Isaiah · chapter 52 · verse 7

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!Isaiah 52:7 · King James Version

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Isaiah 52:7 in context

5Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

6Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.

7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

8Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.

9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

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Commentary

The removal of the Jews from Babylon to their own land again is here spoken of both as a mercy and as a duty; and the application of Isa 52:7 to the preaching of the gospel (by the apostle, Rom 10:15) plainly intimates that that deliverance was a type and figure of the redemption of mankind by Jesus Christ, to which…

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-12

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Key words (Strong's)

publishethshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
beautifulnâʼâhproperly, to be at homeH4998 →
mountainshara mountain or range of hillsH2022 →
salvationyᵉshûwʻâhsomething savedH3444 →
tidingsbâsarproperly, to be freshH1319 →
peaceshâlôwmsafeH7965 →

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