Isaiah 52

1 [You people who live in the] holy city of Jerusalem [APO], wake up! Be strong again! Show that [MTY] your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again [to attack you].

to rouse to rouse to clothe strength your Zion to clothe garment beauty your Jerusalem city [the] holiness for not to add: again to come (in): come in/on/with you still uncircumcised and unclean

2 People of Jerusalem, get up from [humbly] sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you [as slaves in Babylonia],

to shake from dust to arise: rise to dwell Jerusalem (to open *Q(K)*) bond neck your captive daughter Zion

3 because this is what Yahweh says: “[When you were taken to Babylonia], no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without [being required to] pay for you!”

for thus to say LORD for nothing to sell and not in/on/with silver: money to redeem: redeem

4 Yahweh [our] Lord [also] says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. [Later] they were being (oppressed/treated cruelly) by [the soldiers of] Assyria.

for thus to say Lord YHWH/God Egypt to go down people my in/on/with first to/for to sojourn there and Assyria in/on/with end to oppress him

5 But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the [people of Babylonia]. And [those who have conquered them this time have also] paid me nothing, and they despise me [MTY] continually [DOU].

and now (what? *Q(K)*) (to/for me *Q(k)*) here utterance LORD for to take: take people my for nothing (to rule him *Q(K)*) to wail utterance LORD and continually all [the] day name my to spurn

6 But my people will then have a close relationship with [MTY] me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised [that it would happen]. It is I, [Yahweh, who will do it].”

to/for so to know people my name my to/for so in/on/with day [the] he/she/it for I he/she/it [the] to speak: speak look! I

7 It is a wonderful thing when messengers [MTY] arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about [God giving us] peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we [Israeli people] belong is now ruling/king!

what? be lovely upon [the] mountain: mount foot to bear tidings to hear: proclaim peace to bear tidings pleasant to hear: proclaim salvation to say to/for Zion to reign God your

8 The watchmen [who are guarding the city] will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem.

voice to watch you to lift: loud voice together to sing for eye in/on/with eye to see: see in/on/with to return: return LORD Zion

9 Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem.

to break out to sing together desolation Jerusalem for to be sorry: comfort LORD people his to redeem: redeem Jerusalem

10 Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people.

to strip LORD [obj] arm holiness his to/for eye all [the] nation and to see: see all end land: country/planet [obj] salvation God our

11 So, leave [the places where you were taken to when you were captured], where [everything is] unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there [and return to Jerusalem], and purify yourselves [in order to be acceptable to worship God].

to turn aside: depart to turn aside: depart to come out: come from there unclean not to touch to come out: come from midst her to purify to lift: bear article/utensil LORD

12 But it will not [be necessary] for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will (go in front of/lead) you; and he will [also] protect you [from being attacked] at the rear [while you travel].

for not in/on/with haste to come out: come and in/on/with fugitive not to go: went [emph?] for to go: went to/for face: before your LORD and to gather you God Israel

13 [Yahweh says], “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.”

behold be prudent servant/slave my to exalt and to lift: raise and to exult much

14 But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. [Because of his being beaten very badly], his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human.

like/as as which be desolate: appalled upon you many so mutilation from man appearance his and appearance his from son: child man

15 But he will cause [people of] many nations to be surprised; [even] kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about [previously], and they will understand things that they had not heard about [before].

so to spring nation many upon him to gather king lip their for which not to recount to/for them to see: see and which not to hear: hear to understand