“My people went down to Egypt in the beginning, to dwell as aliens there, and Assyria oppressed him without cause.^c ⁵And now what do I have here?” declares^d Yahweh, “for my people is taken without cause. Its rulers howl,” declares^e Yahweh—“and my name is reviled continually, all day. ⁶Therefore my people shall know my name, therefore in that day, that I am the one who speaks. Here am I.”^f

⁷How delightful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,

who announces peace, who brings good news, who announces salvation,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns as a king.”

⁸The voices^g of your watchmen! They lift up their voices;^h

together they sing for joy;

for they clearlyⁱ see Yahweh’s return to Zion.

⁹Break forth,

sing for joy together, ruins of Jerusalem,

for Yahweh has comforted his people;

he has redeemed Jerusalem.

¹⁰Yahweh has bared his holy arm^j to the eyes of all the nations,

and all the ends^k of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

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Footnotes

aLiterally “city of the holiness”
bLiterally “do again he shall”
cLiterally “in nothing”
dLiterally “declaration of”
eLiterally “declaration of”
fLiterally “Look at me”
gHebrew “voice”
hHebrew “voice”
iLiterally “eye in eye “
jLiterally “the arm of his holiness”
kHebrew “end”