Isaiah 52:1–6

God Redeems Jerusalem

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!

3 For thus says the Lord:

d“You have sold yourselves for nothing,

And you shall be redeemed ewithout money.”

4 For thus says the Lord God:

“My people went down at first

Into fEgypt to 1dwell there;

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.’ ”