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Version 0.33.105, 15 February 2024

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Isaiah Chapter 52

1Wake up, wake up,

Put on your strength, O Zion;

Put on your splendid clothes, O Jerusalem,

You holy city,

For the uncircumcised and the unclean

Will no longer come into you.

2Shake the dust off yourself,

Arise and sit, O Jerusalem;

Loose yourself from the bonds around your neck,

O captive daughter of Zion.

3For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,

And you will be redeemed

Without money.”

4For this is what my Lord the Lord says:

“In time past,

My people went down to Egypt

To live there,

And Assyria oppressed them for no reason,

5And now who do I have here?

Says the Lord,

For my people were taken undeservedly.

Those ruling them make them howl,

Says the Lord,

And my name is continuously despised

All day long.

6This is why my people will know my name;

This is why they will know on that day

That I am he who speaks and says,

‘Here I am.’ ”

7How becoming on the mountains

Are the feet of him who brings good news,

Who proclaims peace,

Who brings good news of well-being,

Who proclaims salvation,

Who says to Zion,

“Your God reigns.”

8There is the voice of your watchmen.

They raise their voice;

They are jubilant together,

For they will see face to face

When the Lord returns to Zion.

9Break out into singing,

Be jubilant together,

You desolate areas of Jerusalem,

For the Lord has comforted his people;

He has redeemed Jerusalem.

10The Lord has made his holy arm bare

In the sight of all the nations,

And all the ends of the earth will see

The salvation of our God.

11Depart, depart,

Get out of there;

Do not touch any unclean thing.

Go away from her,

Be purified,

You who carry the Lord's equipment.

12For you will not go out in haste,

And you will not go in flight,

For the Lord will go before you,

And the God of Israel will gather you up at the rear.

13Behold, my servant will act prudently;

He will be exalted

And extolled,

And he will be very high.

14Just as many were astonished at you

– Such was the disfigurement of his appearance,

More than that of any man,

And of his looks,

More than that of any of the sons of Adam –

15So he will sprinkle many nations;

Kings will shut their mouths at him,

For they will see what was never told them,

And they will contemplate

What they had never heard before.

Reference(s) in Chapter 52: v.5 ↔ Romans 2:24 ● v.7 ↔ Romans 10:15 ● v.11 ↔ 2 Corinthians 6:17, Revelation 18:4 ● v.15 ↔ Romans 15:21.

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