Isaiah 52
52
1Wake up, wake up, Zion! Be strong! Put on your best clothes, Jerusalem, the holy city. Heathen foreigners won't ever enter you again. 2Shake yourself free from the dust and get up. Sit on your throne, Jerusalem. Throw off the chains around your neck, captive daughter of Zion. 3This is what the Lord says: You were sold for nothing, and you will be bought back without money.
4This is what the Lord God says: First of all, my people went to live in Egypt, then Assyria conquered them for no reason. 5What do I have to do now? asks the Lord. My people have been taken into captivity for no reason. Those who rule them mock them, and I'm treated with contempt that whole time, says the Lord. 6So I'm going to make sure my people know me; at that time they will know that I am the one who means what he says. Yes, it's me!
7What a wonderful sight in the mountains is the one running to bring good news, announcing peace and good news, announcing salvation, telling Zion, “Your God reigns!” 8The city watchmen shout loudly and sing for joy together; they all see the Lord returning to Jerusalem. 9Let Jerusalem's ruins all sing for joy for the Lord has come to care for his people; he has set Jerusalem free. 10The Lord has demonstrated his holy power to all the nations; the whole world will see our God's salvation.
11Leave, leave, get out of there! Don't bring anything pagan;#52:11. “Pagan”: literally “unclean,” likely referring to anything associated with idol worship. come out and leave it all behind. Those of you who carry the Lord's sacred articles are to purify yourselves. 12But don't leave in a hurry, don't be in a rush as if you're running away, for the Lord will go ahead of you, and he will also protect those at the back.
13Look: my servant will act wisely; he will be praised highly, he will be elevated in position, and seen as someone people look up to. 14But many were horrified by him,#52:14. “Him”: This is the reading of the Syriac and the Targums. Hebrew has “you.” so disfigured in appearance, no longer looking like a man, so unlike anyone human. 15He will surprise many nations, and kings will keep quiet because of him—for they'll see what they haven't been told, and they'll understand what they hadn't heard.
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Isaiah 52
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Cheer for Prostrate Zion
1Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion;
Clothe yourself with your beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Will no longer come into you.
2Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,
Captive Jerusalem;
Release yourself from the chains around your neck,
Captive daughter of Zion.
3For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money.” 4For this is what the Lord #52:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered LordGod says: “My people went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason. 5And now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually reviled all day long. 6Therefore, My people shall know My name; therefore on that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’ ”
7¶How delightful on the mountains
Are the feet of one who brings good news,
Who announces #52:7 Or well-beingpeace
And brings good news of #52:7 Lit goodhappiness,
Who announces salvation,
And says to Zion, “Your God #52:7 Or is Kingreigns!”
8Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see #52:8 Lit eye to eyewith their own eyes
When the Lord restores Zion.
9Be cheerful, shout joyfully together,
You ruins of Jerusalem;
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10The Lord has bared His holy arm
In the sight of all the nations,
# 52:10 Or And all...will see So that all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.
11¶Depart, depart, go out from there,
Do not touch what is unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Lord.
12But you will not go out in a hurry,
Nor will you go #52:12 Lit in flightas fugitives;
For the Lord will go before you,
And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
The Exalted Servant
13¶Behold, My Servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and #52:13 Or very highgreatly exalted.
14Just as many were appalled at you, My people,
So His appearance was marred beyond that of a man,
And His form beyond the sons of mankind.
15So #52:15 LXX many nations will wonder at HimHe will sprinkle many nations,
Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;
For what they had not been told, they will see,
And what they had not heard, they will understand.
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