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Isaiah 52

Cheer for Prostrate Zion

1

 aAwake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your  bbeautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the  choly city; For the uncircumcised and the  dunclean Will no longer come into you.

2

Shake yourself  afrom the dust,  brise up, O captive Jerusalem;  cLoose yourself from the chains around your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

3

For thus says the LORD, "You were  asold for nothing and you will be  bredeemed  cwithout money."

4

For thus says the Lord  1GOD, "My people  awent down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

5

"Now therefore, what do I have here," declares the LORD, "seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?" Again the LORD declares, "Those who rule over them howl, and My  aname is continually blasphemed all day long.

6

"Therefore My people shall  aknow My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, `Here I am.' "

7

How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings  agood news, Who announces  1peace And brings good news of  2happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, "Your  bGod  3reigns!"

8

Listen! Your watchmen lift up their  avoices, They shout joyfully together; For they will see  1with their own eyes When the LORD restores Zion.

9

 aBreak forth, shout joyfully together, You  bwaste places of Jerusalem; For the LORD has comforted His people, He has  credeemed Jerusalem.

10

The LORD has bared His holy  aarm In the sight of all the nations,  1That  ball the ends of the earth may see The salvation of our God.

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 aDepart, depart, go out from there,  bTouch nothing unclean; Go out of the midst of her,  cpurify yourselves, You who carry the vessels of the LORD.

12

But you will not go out in  ahaste, Nor will you go  1as fugitives; For the  bLORD will go before you, And  cthe God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

13

Behold, My  aservant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and  1greatly  bexalted.

14

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

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



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