“1 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 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 thus saith the
LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed
without money. 4 For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down
aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them
without cause. 5 Now 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. 6 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 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 Thy
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. 9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of
Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed
Jerusalem. 10 The 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. 11 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 the LORD. 12 For 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.”
“13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and
extolled, and be very high. 14 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 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.” (Isaiah 52:1-15
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