Isaiah 52

1 Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion! Put on the garments of your beauty, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For will no longer will they enter into you again—the uncircumcised and unclean.

2 Shake yourself from the dust! Arise, sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds on your neck, O captive daughter of Zion!

3 For thus says YHWH: “You⁺ were sold for nothing, and without money you⁺ will be redeemed.”

4 For thus says the Lord YHWH: “My people went down to Egypt at first, to dwell there, and Assyria has oppressed them without cause.

5 And what [is] for Me here, a declaration of YHWH, that My people are taken away for nothing? Those ruling over him taunt, a declaration of YHWH, and continually and all the day My name is blasphemed.

6 Therefore My people will know My name, therefore, on that day. Indeed I [am] He—the One speaking; Here I [am]!”

7 How beautiful upon the mountains [are] the feet of the one bringing good news, proclaiming peace—bringing news of good [things], proclaiming salvation—saying to Zion: “Your God reigns!”

8 The voice of your watchmen—they lift up the voice, together they shall sing out; for every eye will see the returning of YHWH [to] Zion.

9 Break forth, sing out together, O ruins of Jerusalem! For YHWH has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

10 YHWH has bared the arm of His holiness before the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

11 Turn aside, turn aside! Go out from there! An unclean [thing] you⁺ will not touch! Go out from her midst, purify yourselves, ones bearing the vessels of YHWH.

12 But not with haste will you⁺ go forth, and in flight you⁺ will not go; for YHWH goes before you⁺, and the God of Israel gathers you⁺.

13 Behold, My Servant will prosper; he will rise up, and be lifted up and highly exalted.

14 Just as many were dismayed at Him—His appearance was so disfigured beyond any man, and his form beyond any sons of man—

15 so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what had not been recounted to them, they will see, and what they had not heard, they will understand.