Isa 52 | NASB1995 | STEP | 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 longer come into you.

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 ^efrom the dust, ^frise up,
O captive Jerusalem;
^gLoose yourself from the chains around your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.

3 For thus says the Lord, “You were ^hsold for nothing and you will be ⁱredeemed ^jwithout money.” 4 For thus says the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God, “My people ^lwent 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 ^mname is continually blasphemed all day long. 6 “Therefore My people shall ⁿknow 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 ^ogood news,
Who announces ^{▼▼ Or well-being}peace
And brings good news of ^{▼▼ Lit good}happiness,
Who announces salvation,
And says to Zion, “Your ^rGod ^{▼▼ Or is King}reigns!”
8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their ^tvoices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see ^{▼▼ Lit eye to eye}with their own eyes
When the Lord restores Zion.
9 ^vBreak forth, shout joyfully together,
You ^wwaste places of Jerusalem;
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has ^xredeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Lord has bared His holy ^yarm
In the sight of all the nations,
^{▼▼ Lit And...earth will see}That ^aaall the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

11 ^abDepart, depart, go out from there,
^acTouch nothing unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, ^adpurify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Lord.
12 But you will not go out in ^aehaste,
Nor will you go ^{▼▼ Lit in flight}as fugitives;
For the ^agLord will go before you,
And ^ahthe God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

13 Behold, My ^aiservant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and ^{▼▼ Or very high}greatly ^akexalted.
14 Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
So His ^alappearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men.
15 Thus He will ^amsprinkle many nations,
Kings will ^anshut their mouths on account of Him;
For ^aowhat had not been told them they will see,
And what they had not heard they will understand.