“Shake yourself from the dust! Arise, sit up, Jerusalem! Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!”
— WEB
Isaiah 52:2
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“Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.”
— KJV
“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.”
— ASV
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Commentary
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.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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