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52 Awake, awake,s Zion,
clothe yourself with strength!t
Put on your garments of splendor,u
Jerusalem, the holy city.v
The uncircumcisedw and defiledx
will not enter you again.y
2 Shake 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.
3 For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,d
and without moneye you will be redeemed.f”
4 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“At first my people went down to Egyptg to live;
lately, Assyriah 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
6 Therefore my people will knowj my name;k
therefore in that dayl they will know
that it is I who foretoldm it.
Yes, it is I.”
7 How 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
8 Listen! Your watchmenr lift up their voices;s
together they shout for joy.t
When the Lord returnsu to Zion,v
they will see it with their own eyes.
9 Burst into songs of joyw together,
you ruinsx of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comfortedy his people,
he has redeemed Jerusalem.z
10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arma
in the sight of all the nations,b
and all the ends of the earthc will see
the salvationd of our God.
11 Depart,e depart, go out from there!
Touch no unclean thing!f
Come out from it and be pure,g
you who carry the articlesh of the Lord’s house.
12 But 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
13 See, my servantl will act wiselyb;
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.m
14 Just as there were many who were appalledn at himc—
his appearance was so disfiguredo beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likenessp—
15 so he will sprinkleq many nations,d
and kingsr will shut their mouthss because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.t
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