Isaiah 52

^aAwake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion;

Put on ^bthy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, ^cthe holy city:

For henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and ^dthe unclean.

^2eShake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem:

^fLoose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

³For thus saith the Lord,

^gYe have sold yourselves ^hfor nought;

And ⁱye shall be redeemed without money.

⁴For thus saith the Lord God,

^kMy people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there;

And the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

⁵Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord,

That my people is taken away for nought?

They that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord;

And ^lmy name continually every day is ^mblasphemed.

⁶Therefore my people shall know my name:

Therefore they shall know ⁿin that day ^othat I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.

^7pHow beautiful ^qupon the mountains are ^rthe feet of him ^sthat bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace;

^sThat bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation;

That saith unto Zion, ^tThy God reigneth!

⁸Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice;

With the voice together shall they sing:

For ^uthey shall see eye to eye,

When the Lord shall bring again Zion.

^9vBreak forth into joy, sing together, ^wye waste places of Jerusalem:

^xFor the Lord hath comforted his people, ^yhe hath redeemed Jerusalem.

¹⁰The Lord hath made bare ^zhis holy arm in the eyes of all the nations;

^aAnd ^ball the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

^11cDepart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing;

Go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, ^dthat bear the vessels of the Lord.

¹²For ^eye shall not go out ^fwith haste,

Nor go by flight:

^gFor the Lord will go before you;

And ^gthe God of Israel will be your rereward.

¹³Behold, ^hmy servant shall deal prudently,

ⁱHe shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

¹⁴As many ^kwere astonied at thee;

^lHis visage was so marred more than any man,

And his form more than the sons of men:

¹⁵So ^mshall he sprinkle many nations;

ⁿThe kings shall shut their mouths at him:

For ^othat which had not been told them shall they see;

And that which they had not heard shall they consider.

LIII.