Isaiah 52:1–15
52 Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised aand the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.
2 bShake yourself from the dust, arise;
Sit down, O Jerusalem!
cLoose yourself from the bonds of your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion!
d“You have sold yourselves for nothing,
And you shall be redeemed ewithout money.”
“My people went down at first
Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord,
“That My people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
2Make them wail,” says the Lord,
“And My name is gblasphemed continually every day.
6 Therefore My people shall know My name;
Therefore they shall know in that day
That I am He who speaks:
‘Behold, it is I.’ ”
7 hHow beautiful upon the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who proclaims peace,
Who brings glad tidings of good things,
Who proclaims salvation,
Who says to Zion,
i“Your God reigns!”
8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices,
With their voices they shall sing together;
For they shall see eye to eye
When the Lord brings back Zion.
9 Break forth into joy, sing together,
You waste places of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 jThe Lord has 3made bare His holy arm
In the eyes of kall the nations;
And all the ends of the earth shall see
The salvation of our God.
11 lDepart! Depart! Go out from there,
Touch no unclean thing;
Go out from the midst of her,
mBe clean,
You who bear the vessels of the Lord.
12 For nyou shall not go out with haste,
Nor go by flight;
oFor the Lord will go before you,
pAnd the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
13 Behold, qMy Servant shall 4deal prudently;
rHe shall be exalted and 5extolled and be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His svisage 6was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
15 tSo shall He 7sprinkle many nations.
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him;
For uwhat had not been told them they shall see,
And what they had not heard they shall consider.