⁴This is what the Almighty Lord says: In the beginning my people went to Egypt to live there as foreigners. Later the Assyrians oppressed them for no reason. ⁵So what do I find here? asks the Lord. My people are taken away for no reason. Their rulers are screaming, declares the Lord. And my name is cursed all day long. ⁶Now my people will know my name. When that day comes, ⸤they will know⸥ that I am the one who says, “Here I am!”

⁷How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger

who announces the good news, “All is well.”

He brings the good news,

announces salvation,

and tells Zion that its God rules as king.

⁸Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices

and shout together joyfully.

When the Lord brings Zion back,

they will see it with their own eyes.

⁹Break out into shouts of joy, ruins of Jerusalem.

The Lord will comfort his people.

He will reclaim Jerusalem.

¹⁰The Lord will show his holy power to all the nations.

All the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

¹¹Run away! Run away!

Get away from there!

Do not touch anything unclean.^a

Get away from it!

Make yourselves pure,

you Levites who carry the utensils for the Lord’s temple.

¹²You will not go away in a hurry,

nor will you go away quickly.

The Lord will go ahead of you.

The God of Israel will guard you from behind.

The Suffering Servant

¹³My servant will be successful.

He will be respected, praised, and highly honored.

¹⁴Many will be shocked by him.^b

His appearance will be so disfigured

that he won’t look like any other man.

His looks will be so disfigured

that he will hardly look like a human.

¹⁵He will cleanse many nations ⸤with his blood⸥.

Kings will shut their mouths because of him.

They will see things that they had never been told.

They will understand things that they had never heard.

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Footnotes

a 52:11 “Unclean” refers to anything that Moses’ Teachings say is not presentable to God.
b 52:14 Two Hebrew manuscripts, Syriac, Targum; Masoretic Text “you.”