Isaiah 52

The Lord’s Coming Salvation

52^cAwake, awake,

put on your strength, O Zion;

^dput on your beautiful garments,

O Jerusalem, ^ethe holy city;

^ffor there shall no more come into you

the uncircumcised and the unclean.

^2gShake yourself from the dust and arise;

be seated, O Jerusalem;

^hloose the bonds from your neck,

O captive daughter of Zion.

³For thus says the Lord: ⁱ“You were sold for nothing, and ^jyou shall be redeemed without money.” ⁴For thus says the Lord God: ^k“My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.^{1 5}Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and ^lcontinually all the day my name is despised. ⁶Therefore my people shall know my name. ^mTherefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here I am.”

⁷ⁿHow beautiful upon the mountains

are the feet of him who brings good news,

who publishes peace, ^owho brings good news of happiness,

who publishes salvation,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

⁸The voice of ^pyour watchmen—they lift up their voice;

together they sing for joy;

^qfor eye to eye they see

the return of the Lord to Zion.

^9rBreak forth together into singing,

^syou waste places of Jerusalem,

for ^tthe Lord has comforted his people;

he has redeemed Jerusalem.

^10uThe Lord has bared his holy arm

before the eyes of all the nations,

^vand all the ends of the earth shall see

the salvation of our God.

^11wDepart, depart, go out from there;

touch no unclean thing;

go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves,

^xyou who bear the vessels of the Lord.

¹²For you shall not ^ygo out in haste,

and you shall not go in flight,

^zfor the Lord will go before you,

^aand the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions

¹³Behold, ^bmy servant shall act wisely;²

he shall be high and lifted up,

and shall be exalted.

¹⁴As many were astonished at you—

^chis appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,

and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—

¹⁵so ^dshall he sprinkle³ many nations.

^eKings shall shut their mouths because of him,

^ffor that which has not been told them they see,

and that which they have not heard they understand.