Isa 52 | NASB2020 | STEP | Awake , awake , Clothe yourself in your strength , Zion ; Clothe yourself with your beautiful garments , 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, Zion;
Clothe yourself with your ^bbeautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the ^choly city;
For the uncircumcised and the ^dunclean
Will no longer come into you.
2 Shake yourself ^efrom the dust, ^frise up,
Captive Jerusalem;
^gRelease yourself from the chains around your neck,
Captive daughter of Zion.
3 For this is what the Lord says: “You were ^hsold for nothing, and you will be ⁱredeemed ^jwithout money.” 4 For this is what the Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God says: “My people ^lwent down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason. 5 And now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My ^mname is continually reviled all day long. 6 Therefore, My people shall ⁿknow My name; therefore on that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

7 How delightful on the mountains
Are the feet of one 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 raise their ^tvoices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see ^{▼▼Lit eye to eye}with their own eyes
When the Lord restores Zion.
9 ^vBe cheerful, shout joyfully together,
You ^wruins 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,
^{▼▼Or And all...will see}So that ^aaall the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

11 ^abDepart, depart, go out from there,
^acDo not touch what is 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 ^aea hurry,
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 appalled at you, My people,
So His ^alappearance was marred beyond that of a man,
And His form beyond the sons of mankind.
15 So ^{▼▼LXX many nations will wonder at Him}He will ^ansprinkle many nations,
Kings will ^aoshut their mouths on account of Him;
For ^apwhat they had not been told, they will see,
And what they had not heard, they will understand.