AB - Isaiah - 52

52:1  Awake, awake, Zion; put on your strength, O Zion; and put on your glory, O Jerusalem the holy city; for the uncircumcised and unclean shall pass through you no more.

52:2  Shake off the dust and arise; sit down, O Jerusalem; put off the band of your neck, captive daughter of Zion.

52:3  For thus says the Lord, You have been sold for nought; and you shall not be ransomed with silver.

52:4  Thus says the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians.

52:5  And now why are you here? Thus says the Lord: Because My people were taken for nothing, wonder and howl. Thus says the Lord: On account of you My name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles.

52:6  Therefore shall My people know My name in that day, for I am He that speaks; I am present,

52:7  as a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad tidings of peace, as one preaching good news; for I will proclaim your salvation, saying, O Zion, your God shall reign.

52:8  For the voice of them that guard you is exalted, and with the voice together they shall rejoice; for eyes shall look to eyes, when the Lord shall have mercy upon Zion.

52:9  Let the waste places of Jerusalem break forth in joy together, because the Lord has had mercy upon her, and has delivered Jerusalem.

52:10  And the Lord shall reveal His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation that comes from our God.

52:11  Depart! Depart, go out from there, and touch not the unclean thing! Go you out from the midst of her; separate yourselves, you that bear the vessels of the Lord.

52:12  For you shall not go forth with haste, neither go by flight; for the Lord shall go first in advance of you; and the God of Israel shall be the One that brings up your rear.

52:13  Behold, My servant shall understand, and be exalted, and glorified exceedingly.

52:14  As many shall be amazed at You, so shall Your face be without glory from men, and Your glory shall not be honored by the sons of men.

52:15  Thus shall many nations wonder at Him; and kings shall keep their mouths shut; for they to whom no report was brought concerning Him shall see; and they who have not heard, shall consider.