Isaiah 52
Hope for Captive Zion
52aAwake, awake,Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;Clothe yourself in your bglorious garments,O Jerusalem, the choly city;For the uncircumcised and the duncleanWill no longer come into you.2Shake yourself afrom the dust, brise up,O captive Jerusalem;cLoose yourself from the chains around your neck,O captive daughter of Zion.3For thus says Yahweh, “You were asold for nothing, and you will be bredeemed cwithout money.” 4For thus says Lord Yahweh, “My people awent down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. 5“So now, what do I have here,” declares Yahweh, “since My people have been taken away for nothing?” Yahweh declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My aname is continually blasphemed all day long. 6“Therefore My people shall aknow My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”
7How lovely on the mountainsAre the feet of him who proclaims agood news,Who 1announces 2peaceAnd proclaims good news of good things,Who 3announces salvation,And says to Zion, “Your bGod 4reigns!”8The voice of Your watchmen! They lift up their avoices;They shout joyfully together;For they will see 1with their own eyesWhen Yahweh returns to Zion.9aBreak forth, shout joyfully together,You bwaste places of Jerusalem;For Yahweh has comforted His people;He has credeemed Jerusalem.10Yahweh has bared His holy aarmIn the sight of all the nations,1That ball the ends of the earth may seeThe salvation of our God.11aDepart, depart, go out from there,bTouch nothing unclean;Go out of the midst of her, cpurify yourselves,You who carry the vessels of Yahweh.12But you will not go out in ahaste,Nor will you go as those who flee;For bYahweh will go before you,And cthe God of Israel will be your rear guard.