Isaiah 52:1–10

Let Zion Rejoice

⁵²Awake; awake;

put on your strength, O Zion!

Put on your beautiful garments,

O Jerusalem, the holy city,

for the uncircumcised and the unclean

shall enter you no more.^*

²Shake yourself from the dust; rise up,

O captive^g Jerusalem;

loose the bonds from your neck,

O captive daughter Zion!^*

³For thus says the Lord: You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.^{* 4}For thus says the Lord God: Long ago, my people went down into Egypt to reside there as aliens; the Assyrian, too, has oppressed them without cause.^{* 5}Now therefore what am I doing here, says the Lord, seeing that my people are taken away without cause? Their rulers howl, says the Lord, and continually, all day long, my name is despised.^{* 6}Therefore my people shall know my name; on^h that day they shall know that it is I who speak—it is I!^*

⁷How beautiful upon the mountains

are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,

who brings good news,

who announces salvation,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”^*

⁸Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices;

together they shout for joy,

for in plain sight they see

the return of the Lord to Zion.^*

⁹Break forth; shout together for joy,

you ruins of Jerusalem,

for the Lord has comforted his people;

he has redeemed Jerusalem.^*

¹⁰The Lord has bared his holy arm

before the eyes of all the nations,

and all the ends of the earth shall see

the salvation of our God.^*