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| 52:1 |
Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no more come into you.
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| 52:2 |
Shake yourself from the dust, rise up, O captive Jerusalem; Loose yourself from the chains around your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
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| 52:3 |
For thus says the LORD, "You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed without money."
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| 52:4 |
For thus says the Lord God, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to reside there, then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
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| 52:5 |
"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 name is continually blasphemed all day long.
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| 52:6 |
"Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, 'Here I am.'"
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| 52:7 |
How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, [And] says to Zion, "Your God reigns!"
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| 52:8 |
Listen! Your watchmen lift up [their] voices, They shout joyfully together; For they will see with their own eyes When the LORD restores Zion.
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| 52:9 |
Break forth, shout joyfully together, You waste places of Jerusalem; For the LORD has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem.
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| 52:10 |
The LORD has bared His holy arm In the sight of all the nations, That all the ends of the earth may see The salvation of our God.
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| 52:11 |
Depart, depart, go out from there, Touch nothing unclean; Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves, You who carry the vessels of the LORD.
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| 52:12 |
But you will not go out in haste, Nor will you go as fugitives; For the LORD will go before you, And the God of Israel [will be] your rear guard.
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| 52:13 |
Behold, My servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up, and greatly exalted.
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| 52:14 |
Just as many were astonished at you, [My people], So His appearance was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men.
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| 52:15 |
Thus He will sprinkle many nations, Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him; For what had not been told them they will see, And what they had not heard they will understand.
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