Isaiah 52
1 Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion; put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, holy city; for never again will the uncircumcised or the unclean enter you.
Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
2 Shake yourself off from the dust; arise and sit, Jerusalem; take off the chain from your neck, captive, daughter of Zion.
Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
3 For this is what Yahweh says, “You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money.”
For thus saith Yhwh, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
4 For this is what the Lord Yahweh says, “In the beginning my people went down to live temporarily in Egypt; and Assyria has oppressed them for no good reason.
For thus saith the Lord Yhwh, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 Now what do I have here—this is Yahweh's declaration—seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock—this is Yahweh's declaration—and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.
Now therefore, what have I here, saith Yhwh, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith Yhwh; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
6 Therefore my people will know my name; they will know in that day that I am the one who says, “Yes, it is I!”
Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, who announces peace, who bears good tidings, who announces salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
8 Listen, your watchmen raise their voices, together they shout for joy, for they will see, every eye of theirs, Yahweh's return to Zion.
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when Yhwh shall bring again Zion.
9 Break out into joyful singing together, you ruins of Jerusalem; for Yahweh has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem.
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for Yhwh hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
10 Yahweh has bared his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the earth will see the salvation of our God.
Yhwh hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
11 Leave, leave, go out from there; touch nothing unclean; leave from her midst; purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of Yahweh.
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Yhwh.
12 For you will not go out in a rush, nor will you leave in a panic; for Yahweh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearguard.
For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for Yhwh will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
13 Look, my servant will act wisely; he will be high and lifted up, and he will be exalted.
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
14 As many were horrified at you— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man, and his form no longer looked like anything human.
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
15 Even so, my servant will sprinkle many nations and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For that which they had not been told, they will see, and that which they had not heard, they will understand.
So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
