Isaiah 52
1 Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your glorious garments, Jerusalem, holy city. For never again will the uncircumcised or the unclean enter you.
2 Shake off the dust, rise up and sit, Jerusalem; loosen the bonds around your neck, captive daughter of Zion.
3 For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
4 For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first my people went down to Egypt to live there, and Assyria oppressed them for no reason.
5 And now, what do I have here?—declares the LORD—My people have been taken for nothing. Those who rule over them howl—declares the LORD—and all day long, without pause, my name is despised.
6 Therefore my people will know my name; therefore, on that day, they will know that I am the one who speaks: Here I am.”
7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, who announces peace, who brings good news of good things, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
8 The voices of your watchmen! They raise their voices; together they sing for joy, for with their own eyes they see the LORD returning to Zion.
9 Break into song, sing together, ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted his people and redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The LORD has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
11 Depart, depart, come out of there; touch nothing unclean. Come out from her midst and purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
12 For you will not leave in haste or go in flight, because the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
13 Look, my servant will act wisely; he will be exalted, lifted up, and raised very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you—so disfigured was his appearance, more than any man's, and his form more than that of human beings—
15 so he will sprinkle many nations; because of him kings will shut their mouths. For they will see what they were not told, and understand what they had not heard.
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