Isaiah 52:2

“Shake thyself from the dust, &c.] Or “the dust from thee”f1025, in which she had sat, or rolled herself as a mourner; or where she had been trampled upon by her persecutors and oppressors; but now being delivered from them, as well as from all carnal professors and false teachers, she is called upon to shake herself from the dust of debasement and distress, of false doctrine, superstition, and will worship, in every form and shape, a great deal of which adheres to those churches called reformed. Arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem; or “sit up”, as it may be rendered; arise from thy low estate, from the ground and dust where thou art cast; “and sit upon the throne of thy glory,” so the Targum:…”

“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.”

“Shake thyself from the dust - To sit on the ground, to sit in the dust, is an expression descriptive of mourning Job 2:13. Jerusalem is here called on to arise and shake off the dust, as indicating that the days of her grief were ended, and that she was about to be restored to her former beauty and splendor. Arise and sit down - There is an incongruity in this expression in our translation, which does not occur in the original. The idea in the Hebrew is not that which seems to be implied in this expression to arise and sit down in the same place, but it means to arise from the dust, and sit in a more elevated, or honorable place. She had been represented as sitting on the earth, where her…”

“The dust - In which thou hast sat as a mourner. The bands - The yoke of thy captivity shall be taken off from thee. Isaiah 52:3”

“Shake: Isa 3:26, Isa 51:23; Jer 51:6, Jer 51:45, Jer 51:50; Zac 2:6; Rev 18:4 arise: The common mode of sitting in the East is upon the floor, with the legs crossed; and when sitting is spoken of as a posture of more than ordinary state, it means sitting on high, on a chair of state, or throne. loose: Isa 49:21, Isa 51:14, Isa 61:1; Luk 4:18, Luk 21:24 Isaiah 52:3”