Isaiah 52

52Awake, awake,^s Zion,

clothe yourself with strength!^t

Put on your garments of splendor,^u

Jerusalem, the holy city.^v

The uncircumcised^w and defiled^x

will not enter you again.^y

²Shake off your dust;^z

rise up,^a sit enthroned, Jerusalem.

Free yourself from the chains on your neck,^b

Daughter Zion,^c now a captive.

³For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,^d

and without money^e you will be redeemed.^f”

⁴For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt^g to live;

lately, Assyria^h has oppressed them.

⁵“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,

and those who rule them mock,^a”

declares the Lord.

“And all day long

my name is constantly blasphemed.ⁱ

⁶Therefore my people will know^j my name;^k

therefore in that day^l they will know

that it is I who foretold^m it.

Yes, it is I.”

⁷How beautiful on the mountainsⁿ

are the feet of those who bring good news,^o

who proclaim peace,^p

who bring good tidings,

who proclaim salvation,

who say to Zion,

“Your God reigns!”^q

⁸Listen! Your watchmen^r lift up their voices;^s

together they shout for joy.^t

When the Lord returns^u to Zion,^v

they will see it with their own eyes.

⁹Burst into songs of joy^w together,

you ruins^x of Jerusalem,

for the Lord has comforted^y his people,

he has redeemed Jerusalem.^z

¹⁰The Lord will lay bare his holy arm^a

in the sight of all the nations,^b

and all the ends of the earth^c will see

the salvation^d of our God.

¹¹Depart,^e depart, go out from there!

Touch no unclean thing!^f

Come out from it and be pure,^g

you who carry the articles^h of the Lord’s house.

¹²But you will not leave in hasteⁱ

or go in flight;

for the Lord will go before you,^j

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

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

¹³See, my servant^l will act wisely^b;

he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.^m

¹⁴Just as there were many who were appalledⁿ at him^c—

his appearance was so disfigured^o beyond that of any human being

and his form marred beyond human likeness^p—

¹⁵so he will sprinkle^q many nations,^d

and kings^r will shut their mouths^s because of him.

For what they were not told, they will see,

and what they have not heard, they will understand.^t