Isaiah
52
- Awake, awake, O Zion, clothe yourself with
strength. Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, the holy city. The
uncircumcised and defiled will not enter you again.
- Shake off your dust; rise up, sit enthroned,
O Jerusalem. Free yourself from the chains on your neck, O captive Daughter
of Zion.
- For this is what the LORD says: "You
were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed."
- For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:
"At first my people went down to Egypt to live; lately, Assyria has oppressed
them.
- "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," declares the LORD. "And all day long
my name is constantly blasphemed.
- Therefore my people will know my name; therefore
in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I."
- How beautiful on the mountains are the feet
of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings,
who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns
!"
- Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;
together they shout for joy. When the LORD returns to Zion, they will see
it with their own eyes.
- Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins
of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.
- The LORD will lay bare his holy arm in the
sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation
of our God.
- Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch
no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels
of the LORD.
- But you will not leave in haste or go in
flight; for the LORD will go before you, the God of Israel will be your rear
guard.
- See, my servant will act wisely; he will
be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
- Just as there were many who were appalled
at him -- his appearance
was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human
likeness --
- so will he sprinkle many nations, and kings
will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will
see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.
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