Isaiah 52:1–10

“Wake up, wake up;

put on your strength, Zion!

Put on your beautiful garments, ⁿ

Jerusalem, the Holy City! ^o

For the uncircumcised and the unclean

will no longer enter you. ^p

²Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!

Take your seat, Jerusalem.

Remove the bonds ^qfrom your neck,

captive Daughter Zion.”

³For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,

and you will be redeemed without silver.” ^r

⁴For this is what the Lord God says:

“At first My people went down to Egypt to live there, ^s

then Assyria oppressed them without cause. ^t

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. ^u

⁶Therefore My people will know My name; ^v

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, ^w

who proclaims salvation,

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

⁸The voices of your watchmen ^y—

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! ^z

For the Lord has comforted His people; ^a

He has redeemed Jerusalem.

¹⁰The Lord has displayed His holy arm

in the sight of all the nations; ^b

all the ends of the earth will see

the salvation of our God. ^c