CHAPTER 52
Awaken,
awaken,
clothe yourself
with strength,
O Zion!
Put on
your garments
of splendor,
O Jerusalem,
Holy
City!
For
the uncircumcised
and unclean
will not
again
enter you.
Shake off
your dust!
Rise up
and sit on your throne,
O Jerusalem.
Remove
the chains
from your neck,
O captive
Daughter
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 Lord
GOD
says:
“At first
My people
went down
to Egypt
to live,
then Assyria
oppressed them
without cause.
And now
what
have I here?
declares
the LORD.
For
My people
have been taken
without cause;
those who rule
them
taunt,
declares
the LORD,
and My name
is blasphemed
all day long.
Therefore
My people
will know
My name;
therefore
they will know
on that day
that
I
am He
who speaks.
Here I am!”
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,
for
every eye
will see
when the LORD
returns
to Zion.
Break forth in joy,
sing
together,
O ruins
of Jerusalem,
for
the LORD
has comforted
His people;
He has redeemed
Jerusalem.
The LORD
has bared
His holy
arm
in the sight
of all
the nations;
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,
purify yourselves,
you who carry
the vessels
of the LORD.
For
you will not
leave
in a hurry,
and you will not have to take flight;
for
the LORD
goes
before you,
and the God
of Israel
is your rear guard.
just as
many
were appalled
at You—
His appearance
was disfigured
beyond that of any man,
and His form
was marred beyond human likeness—
so
He will sprinkle
many
nations.
Kings
will shut
their mouths
because of Him.
For
they will see
what
they have not
been told,
and they will understand
what
they have not
heard.