Isaiah 52:1–10

“Wake up, wake up;

put on your strength, Zion!

Put on your beautiful garments,^m

Jerusalem, the holy city!ⁿ

For the uncircumcised and the unclean

will no longer enter you.^o

²Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!

Take your seat, Jerusalem.

Remove the bonds^A from your neck,

captive Daughter Zion.”

³For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,

and you will be redeemed without silver.”^p

⁴For this is what the Lord God says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,^q

then Assyria oppressed them without cause.^B

⁵So now what have I here”—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

“that my people are taken away for nothing?

Its rulers wail”—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

“and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.^a

⁶Therefore my people will know my name;^b

therefore they will know on that day

that I am he who says,

‘Here I am.’ ”

⁷How beautiful on the mountains

are the feet of the herald,

who proclaims peace,

who brings news of good things,^c

who proclaims salvation,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”^d

⁸The voices of your watchmen^e—

they lift up their voices,

shouting for joy together;

for every eye will see

when the Lord returns to Zion.

⁹Be joyful, rejoice together,

you ruins of Jerusalem!^f

For the Lord has comforted his people;^g

he has redeemed Jerusalem.

¹⁰The Lord has displayed his holy arm

in the sight of all the nations;^h

all the ends of the earth will see

the salvation of our God.ⁱ