Isaiah 52

Cheer for Prostrate Zion

11Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your 2beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the 3holy city; For the uncircumcised and the 4unclean Will no longer come into you.2Shake yourself 5from the dust, 6rise up, O captive Jerusalem; 7Loose yourself from the chains around your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

3For thus says the Lord, “You were 8sold for nothing and you will be 9redeemed 10without money.” 4For thus says the Lord 11God, “My people 12went down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. 5Now therefore, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My 13name is continually blasphemed all day long. 6Therefore My people shall 14know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

7How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings 15good news, Who announces 16peace And brings good news of 17happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, “Your 18God 19reigns!”8Listen! Your watchmen lift up their 20voices, They shout joyfully together; For they will see 21with their own eyes When the Lord restores Zion.922Break forth, shout joyfully together, You 23waste places of Jerusalem; For the Lord has comforted His people, He has 24redeemed Jerusalem.10The Lord has bared His holy 25arm In the sight of all the nations, 26That 27all the ends of the earth may see The salvation of our God.

1128Depart, depart, go out from there, 29Touch nothing unclean; Go out of the midst of her, 30purify yourselves, You who carry the vessels of the Lord.12But you will not go out in 31haste, Nor will you go 32as fugitives; For the 33Lord will go before you, And 34the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

13Behold, My 35servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and 36greatly 37exalted.14Just as many were astonished at you, My people, So His 38appearance was marred more than any man And His form more than the sons of men.15Thus He will 39sprinkle many nations, Kings will 40shut their mouths on account of Him; For 41what had not been told them they will see, And what they had not heard they will understand.