Isaiah 52

New American Standard Bible

Cheer for Prostrate Zion

52 ^(A)Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion;
Clothe yourself with your ^(B)beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the ^(C)holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the ^(D)unclean
Will no longer come into you.
²Shake yourself ^(E)from the dust, ^(F)rise up,
Captive Jerusalem;
^(G)Release yourself from the chains around your neck,
Captive daughter of Zion.

³For this is what the Lord says: “You were ^(H)sold for nothing, and you will be ^(I)redeemed ^(J)without money.” ⁴For this is what the Lord ^[a]God says: “My people ^(K)went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason. ⁵And 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 ^(L)name is continually reviled all day long. ⁶Therefore, My people shall ^(M)know My name; therefore on that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

⁷How delightful on the mountains
Are the feet of one who brings ^(N)good news,
Who announces ^[b]peace
And brings good news of ^[c]happiness,
Who announces salvation,
And says to Zion, “Your ^(O)God ^[d]reigns!”
⁸Listen! Your watchmen raise their ^(P)voices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see ^[e]with their own eyes
When the Lord restores Zion.
⁹^(Q)Be cheerful, shout joyfully together,
You ^(R)ruins of Jerusalem;
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has ^(S)redeemed Jerusalem.
¹⁰The Lord has bared His holy ^(T)arm
In the sight of all the nations,
^[f]So that ^(U)all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

¹¹^(V)Depart, depart, go out from there,
^(W)Do not touch what is unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, ^(X)purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Lord.
¹²But you will not go out in ^(Y)a hurry,
Nor will you go ^[g]as fugitives;
For the ^(Z)Lord will go before you,
And ^(AA)the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

¹³Behold, My ^(AB)Servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and ^[h]greatly ^(AC)exalted.
¹⁴Just as many were appalled at you, My people,
So His ^(AD)appearance was marred beyond that of a man,
And His form beyond the sons of mankind.
¹⁵So ^[i]He will ^(AE)sprinkle many nations,
Kings will ^(AF)shut their mouths on account of Him;
For ^(AG)what they had not been told, they will see,
And what they had not heard, they will understand.