7How lovely on the mountains
         Are the feet of him who brings good news,
         Who announces peace
         And brings good news of happiness,
         Who announces salvation,
         And says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

8Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices,
         They shout joyfully together;
         For they will see with their own eyes
         When the LORD restores Zion.

9Break forth, shout joyfully together,
         You waste places of Jerusalem;
         For the LORD has comforted His people,
         He has redeemed Jerusalem.

10The LORD has bared His holy arm
         In the sight of all the nations,
         That all the ends of the earth may see
         The salvation of our God.

11Depart, depart, go out from there,
         Touch nothing unclean;
         Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves,
         You who carry the vessels of the LORD.

12But you will not go out in haste,
         Nor will you go as fugitives;
         For the LORD will go before you,
         And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

13Behold, My servant will prosper,
         He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.

14Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
         So His appearance was marred more than any man
         And His form more than the sons of men.

15Thus He will sprinkle many nations,
         Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;
         For what had not been told them they will see,
         And what they had not heard they will understand.

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