Isaiah 52:1-9 ▼

1 “ Wake up, wake up; put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the Holy City! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer enter you.

2 Stand up, shake the dust off yourself! Take your seat, Jerusalem. Remove the bonds from your neck, captive Daughter Zion.”

3 For this is what the LORD says:“ You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without silver.”

4 For this is what the Lord GOD says:“ At first My people went down to Egypt to live there, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

5 So now what have I here” — this is the LORD’s declaration —“ that My people are taken away for nothing? Its rulers wail” — this is the LORD’s declaration —“ and My name is continually blasphemed all day long .

6 Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who says: Here I am.”

7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace, who brings news of good things, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “ Your God reigns! ”

8 The voices of your watchmen — they lift up their voices, shouting for joy together; for every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.

9 Be joyful, rejoice together, you ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.