Yesaya 52:2

52:2 Shake off the dirt! ¹ 

Get up, captive ²  Jerusalem!

Take off the iron chains around your neck,

O captive daughter Zion!

[52:2]  ¹ tn Heb “Shake yourself free from the dirt.”

[52:2]  ² tc The Hebrew text has שְּׂבִי (shÿvi), which some understand as a feminine singular imperative from יָשַׁב (yashav, “sit”). The LXX, Vulgate, Syriac, and the Targum support the MT reading (the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a does indirectly). Some interpret this to mean “take your throne”: The Lord exhorts Jerusalem to get up from the dirt and sit, probably with the idea of sitting in a place of honor (J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 2:361). However, the form is likely a corruption of שְׁבִיָּה (shÿviyyah, “captive”), which appears in the parallel line.