ISAIAH 52 [†]  c Awake, awake,

put on your strength, O Zion;

 d put on your beautiful garments,

O Jerusalem,  e the holy city;

 f for there shall no more come into you

the uncircumcised and the unclean.

2[†]  g Shake yourself from the dust and arise;

be seated, O Jerusalem;

 h loose the bonds from your neck,

O captive daughter of Zion.

3[†]For thus says the LORD:  i “You were sold for nothing, and  j you shall be redeemed without money.” 4For thus says the Lord GOD:  k “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing. [1] 5[†]Now therefore what have I here,” declares the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the LORD, “and  l continually all the day my name is despised. 6Therefore my people shall know my name.  m Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here I am.”

7[^][†]  n How beautiful upon the mountains

are the feet of him who brings good news,

who publishes peace,  o who brings good news of happiness,

who publishes salvation,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

8[†] The voice of  p your watchmen—they lift up their voice;

together they sing for joy;

 q for eye to eye they see

the return of the LORD to Zion.

9  r Break forth together into singing,

 s you waste places of Jerusalem,

for  t the LORD has comforted his people;

he has redeemed Jerusalem.

10[^][†]  u The LORD has bared his holy arm

before the eyes of all the nations,

 v and all the ends of the earth shall see

the salvation of our God.

11[^][†]  w Depart, depart, go out from there;

touch no unclean thing;

go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves,

 x you who bear the vessels of the LORD.

12 For you shall not  y go out in haste,

and you shall not go in flight,

 z for the LORD will go before you,

 a and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

13[^][†] Behold,  b my servant shall act wisely; [2]

he shall be high and lifted up,

and shall be exalted.

14[†] As many were astonished at you—

 c his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,

and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—

15[^] so  d shall he sprinkle [3] many nations;

 e kings shall shut their mouths because of him;

 f for that which has not been told them they see,

and that which they have not heard they understand.