Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 52:5
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Isaiah52:5
5. what have I here--that is, what am I called on to do? The fact "that My people is taken away (into captivity; Is 49:24, 25) for naught" (by gratuitous oppression, Is 52:4; also Is 52:3, and see on Is 52:3) demands My interposition.
they that rule--or "tyrannize," namely, Babylon, literal and mystical.
make ... to howl--or, raise a cry of exultation over them [Maurer].
blasphemed--namely, in Babylon: God's reason for delivering His people, not their goodness, but for the sake of His holy name (Eze 20:9, 14).
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