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Isaiah 52
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1Awake, awake, Sion; put on your strength, O Sion; and o you put on your glory, Jerusalemthe holy city: there shall no more pass through you, the uncircumcised and unclean.
1Awake, 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.
2Shake off the dust and arise; sit down, Jerusalem: put off the band of your neck, captive daughter of Sion.
2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
3For thus says the Lord, You⌃ have been sold for nothing; and you⌃ shall not be ransomed with silver.
3For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
4Thus says the Lord , My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.
4For thus saith the Lord God, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5And now why are you⌃ here? Thus says the Lord, Because my people was taken for nothing, wonder you⌃ and howl. Thus says the Lord, On account of you my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles.
5Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
6Therefore shall my people know my namein that day, for I am he that speaks: I am present,
6Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
7as a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad tidings of peace, as one preaching good news: for I will publish your salvation, saying, O Sion, your God shall reign.
7How 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!
8For the voice of them that guard you is exalted, and with the voice together they shall rejoice: for eyes shall look to eyes, when the Lord shall have mercy upon Sion.
8Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
9Let the waste places of Jerusalem break forth [in] joytogether, because the Lord has had mercy upon her, and has delivered Jerusalem.
9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
10And the Lord shall reveal his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation that [comes] from our God.
10The Lord 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.
11Depart you⌃, depart , go out from thence, and touch not the unclean thing; go you⌃ out from the midst of her; separate yourselves, you⌃ that bear the vessels of the Lord.
11Depart 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 the Lord.
12For you⌃ shall not go forth with tumult, neither go by flight: for the Lord shall go first in advance of you; and the God of Israel shall be he that brings up your rear.
12For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward.
13Behold, my servant shall understand, and be exalted , and glorified exceedingly.
13Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
14As many shall be amazed at you, so shall your face be without glory from men, and your glory [shall not be honored] by the sons of men.
14As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
15Thus shall many nations wonder at him; and kings shall keep their mouths shut: for they to whom no report was brought concerning him, shall see; and they who have not heard, shall consider.
15So 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.