Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 52:1

1 AWake, awake, put on thy strength , O Zion, put on thy beautiful garments , O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised , and the unclean .

God biddeth his Church do that which she intreated him to do, ch. 51. 9. And because Gods word is operative, and effectual, and his sayings are doings, this is a prediction and promise what she should do, that she should awake or arise out of her low estate, and be strong and courageous.

Thy sorrows shall be ended, and thou shalt be advanced into a most glorious and blessed condition.

O my Church, which is every where called by the name of Zion or Ierusalem.

Either to molest thee, or to associate themselves with thee: or to defile or corrupt thee.

Heathens, or Infidels, who are commonly called uncircumcised.

Nor any others, who though they be circumcised, as the Jews generally were, are unclean in any thing. Whereby he intimates that there should be a greater purity and Reformation in the Church than formerly there had been, which was eminently accomplished in the Church and Kingdom of Christ.

Marginal references: Ch. 51. 17.