God Redeems Jerusalem

52 Awake, awake!Put on your strength, O Zion;Put on your beautiful garments,O Jerusalem, the holy city!For the uncircumcised and the uncleanShall no longer come to you.² Shake yourself from the dust, arise;Sit down, O Jerusalem!Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck,O captive daughter of Zion!

³ For thus says the Lord:

“You have sold yourselves for nothing,And you shall be redeemed without money.”

⁴ For thus says the Lord God:

“My people went down at firstInto Egypt to dwell there;Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.⁵ Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord,“That My people are taken away for nothing?Those who rule over themMake them wail,”^[a] says the Lord,“And My name is blasphemed continually every day.⁶ Therefore My people shall know My name;Therefore they shall know in that dayThat I am He who speaks:‘Behold, it is I.’”

⁷ How beautiful upon the mountainsAre the feet of him who brings good news,Who proclaims peace,Who brings glad tidings of good things,Who proclaims salvation,Who says to Zion,“Your God reigns!”⁸ Your watchmen shall lift up their voices,With their voices they shall sing together;For they shall see eye to eyeWhen the Lord brings back Zion.⁹ Break forth into joy, sing together,You waste places of Jerusalem!For the Lord has comforted His people,He has redeemed Jerusalem.¹⁰ The Lord has made bare His holy armIn the eyes of all the nations;And all the ends of the earth shall seeThe salvation of our God.

¹¹ Depart! Depart! Go out from there,Touch no unclean thing;Go out from the midst of her,Be clean,You who bear the vessels of the Lord.¹² For you 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 rear guard.

The Sin-Bearing Servant

¹³ Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently;He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.¹⁴ Just as many were astonished at you,So His visage was marred more than any man,And His form more than the sons of men;¹⁵ So shall He sprinkle^[b] many nations.Kings shall shut their mouths at Him;For what had not been told them they shall see,And what they had not heard they shall consider.