Isaiah 52
52
God Is Leading You Out of Here
1-2Wake up, wake up! Pull on your boots, Zion!
Dress up in your Sunday best, Jerusalem, holy city!
Those who want no part of God have been culled out.
They won’t be coming along.
Brush off the dust and get to your feet, captive Jerusalem!
Throw off your chains, captive daughter of Zion!
3 God says, “You were sold for nothing. You’re being bought back for nothing.”
4-6Again, the Master, God, says, “Early on, my people went to Egypt and lived, strangers in the land. At the other end, Assyria oppressed them. And now, what have I here?” God’s Decree. “My people are hauled off again for no reason at all. Tyrants on the warpath, whooping it up, and day after day, incessantly, my reputation blackened. Now it’s time that my people know who I am, what I’m made of—yes, that I have something to say. Here I am!”
7-10How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of the messenger bringing good news,
Breaking the news that all’s well,
proclaiming good times, announcing salvation,
telling Zion, “Your God reigns!”
Voices! Listen! Your scouts are shouting, thunderclap shouts,
shouting in joyful unison.
They see with their own eyes
God coming back to Zion.
Break into song! Boom it out, ruins of Jerusalem:
“God has comforted his people!
He’s redeemed Jerusalem!”
God has rolled up his sleeves.
All the nations can see his holy, muscled arm.
Everyone, from one end of the earth to the other,
sees him at work, doing his salvation work.
11-12Out of here! Out of here! Leave this place!
Don’t look back. Don’t contaminate yourselves with plunder.
Just leave, but leave clean. Purify yourselves
in the process of worship, carrying the holy vessels of God.
But you don’t have to be in a hurry.
You’re not running from anybody!
God is leading you out of here,
and the God of Israel is also your rear guard.
It Was Our Pains He Carried
13-15“Just watch my servant blossom!
Exalted, tall, head and shoulders above the crowd!
But he didn’t begin that way.
At first everyone was appalled.
He didn’t even look human—
a ruined face, disfigured past recognition.
Nations all over the world will be in awe, taken aback,
kings shocked into silence when they see him.
For what was unheard of they’ll see with their own eyes,
what was unthinkable they’ll have right before them.”
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Isaiah 52
52
1“Wake up, wake up;
put on your strength, Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,#Is 61:3
Jerusalem, the holy city!#Neh 11:1; Is 48:2
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
will no longer enter you.#Is 35:8; Rv 21:27
2Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds#52:2 Alt Hb tradition reads The bonds are removed from your neck,
captive Daughter Zion.”
3For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”#Is 45:13; 1Pt 1:18
4For this is what the Lord God says:
“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,#Gn 46:6
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.#52:4 Or them at last, or them for nothing
5So now what have I here” —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
“that my people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail” —
this is the Lord’s declaration —
“and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.#Ezk 36:20; Rm 2:24
6Therefore my people will know my name;#Is 49:23
therefore they will know on that day
that I am he who says,
‘Here I am.’”
7How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of the herald,
who proclaims peace,
who brings news of good things,#Nah 1:15; Rm 10:15
who proclaims salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” #Ps 93:1; Is 24:23
8The voices of your watchmen#Is 62:6 —
they lift up their voices,
shouting for joy together;
for every eye will see
when the Lord returns to Zion.
9Be joyful, rejoice together,
you ruins of Jerusalem!#Is 44:26; 51:3; 61:4
For the Lord has comforted his people;#Is 40:1
he has redeemed Jerusalem.
10The Lord has displayed his holy arm
in the sight of all the nations;#Ps 98:1–3; Is 51:9; 66:18–19
all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.#Is 40:5; Lk 3:6
11Leave, leave, go out from there!#Is 48:20; Jr 50:8; Ezk 20:34,41; Zch 2:6,7; 2Co 6:17
Do not touch anything unclean;
go out from her, purify yourselves,#2Co 6:17; 2Tm 2:19
you who carry the vessels of the Lord.
12For you will not leave in a hurry,#Ex 12:11,33; Dt 16:3
and you will not have to take flight;
because the Lord is going before you,#Ex 23:23; Dt 1:30; 31:8; Is 45:2
and the God of Israel is your rear guard.#Jos 6:9,13; Is 58:8
The Servant’s Suffering and Exaltation
13See, my servant#52:13 Tg adds the Messiah#Is 42:1; 49:3–7; 50:10; 53:11; Ezk 34:23–24; Zch 3:8; Ac 3:13 will be successful;#52:13 Or will act wisely
he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.#Php 2:9–11
14Just as many were appalled at you#52:14 Some Hb mss, Syr, Tg read him —
his appearance was so disfigured
that he did not look like a man,
and his form did not resemble a human being —
15so he will sprinkle many nations.#52:15 LXX reads so many nations will marvel at him#Nm 19:18–21; Ezk 36:25
Kings will shut their mouths because of him,
for they will see what had not been told them,
and they will understand what they had not heard.#Rm 15:21; Eph 3:5
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