Isaiah 52
Easy-to-Read Version
Israel Will Be Saved
52 Wake up! Wake up!
Zion, clothe yourself with strength.
Holy city of Jerusalem, stand up
and put on your beautiful clothes!
Those filthy foreigners[a] will not enter you again.
2 Jerusalem, get up and shake off the dust!
Daughter Zion,[b] you were a prisoner,
but take the chains off your neck.
3 The Lord says,
“You were not sold for money.
So I will not use money to set you free.”
4 The Lord God says, “First, my people went down to Egypt and became slaves. Then Assyria made them slaves. 5 Now look what has happened. Another nation has taken my people,” says the Lord. “That country did not pay to take my people, but they rule over them and laugh at them, and they say bad things about me all the time.” The Lord is the one saying these things.
6 “This happened so that my people will learn about me. My people will know who I am. My people will know my name, and they will know that I Am He[c] is speaking to them.”
7 How wonderful it is to see someone coming over the hills to tell good news. How wonderful to hear him announce, “There is peace! We have been saved!” and to hear him say to Zion, “Your God is the king!”
8 The city guards[d] are shouting.
They are all rejoicing together.
They can all see the Lord returning to Zion.
9 Ruins of Jerusalem, be happy again!
Rejoice because the Lord
comforted his people and set Jerusalem free.
10 The Lord showed his holy strength to all the nations.
All the faraway countries saw how God saved his people.
11 So leave Babylon!
Leave that place!
Priests, you carry the things that belong to the Lord.
So make yourselves pure.
Don’t touch anything that is not pure.
12 You will leave Babylon,
but they will not force you to leave in a hurry.
You will not be forced to run away.
The Lord will be in front of you.
The God of Israel will be behind you.[e]
God’s Suffering Servant
13 The Lord says, “Look, my servant will succeed in what he has to do, and he will be raised to a position of high honor. 14 It is true that many were shocked when they saw him. He was beaten so badly that he no longer looked like a man. 15 But it is also true that many nations will be amazed at him. Kings will look at him and be unable to speak. They will see what they had never been told. They will understand what they had never heard.[f]”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:1 filthy foreigners Or “unclean men that have not been circumcised.”
- Isaiah 52:2 Daughter Zion Another name for Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 52:6 I Am He This is like Yahweh, the Hebrew name for God. It shows that God lives forever, and that he is always with his people. See Ex. 3:13-17.
- Isaiah 52:8 guards Men who stand on the city walls and watch for messengers or trouble coming to the city. Here, this probably means the prophets.
- Isaiah 52:12 The Lord … behind you This shows that God will protect his people. Compare Ex. 14:19, 20.
- Isaiah 52:15 They will see … heard Or “Those who were not told the message saw what happened. Those who did not hear understood.”
Isaías 52
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
52 ¡Despierta, Sión,
despierta y revístete de poder!
Ponte tu traje de gala,
Jerusalén, ciudad santa;
que ya no entrarán en ti
incircuncisos e impuros.
2 ¡Sacúdete el polvo y ponte en pie,
Jerusalén cautiva!
Suelta las correas de tu cuello,
Sión, capital cautiva,
3 pues así dice el Señor:
Si por nada fueron vendidos,
sin rescate serán liberados.
Egipto, Asiria y Babilonia
4 Porque así dice el Señor Dios:
Al principio mi pueblo bajó a Egipto, para habitar allí como forastero, y después Asiria lo oprimió sin motivo. 5 Y ahora —oráculo del Señor Dios—, ¿qué tengo que ver yo en esto: en que se lleven a mi pueblo por nada? Sus dirigentes lanzan gritos de protesta —oráculo del Señor— y continuamente, a diario, ultrajan mi nombre. 6 Por eso mi pueblo reconocerá mi nombre aquel día, sabrá que soy yo el que afirma: “Aquí estoy”.
Pregón de victoria y salida de Babilonia
7 ¡Qué grato es oír por los montes
los pies del que trae buenas nuevas,
que proclama la paz y el bienestar,
que lanza el pregón de la victoria,
que dice a Sión: “Tu Dios es rey”!
8 Tus vigías lo proclaman a gritos,
lanzan vítores a coro,
pues ven con sus propios ojos
que el Señor vuelve a Sión.
9 Canten a coro, ruinas de Jerusalén,
que el Señor se compadece de su pueblo,
que ha rescatado a Jerusalén.
10 El Señor muestra su poder
a la vista de todas las naciones,
y verán los confines de la tierra
la victoria que trae nuestro Dios.
11 ¡Salgan de Babilonia, salgan!
No toquen lo que es impuro;
salgan de ella ya purificados,
llevando sólo el ajuar del Señor.
12 No saldrán a toda prisa,
no escaparán en desbandada,
pues el Señor irá a la cabeza,
y en retaguardia el Dios de Israel.
Cuarto canto del Siervo
13 Verán a mi siervo triunfar,
exaltado, sumamente enaltecido.
14 Así como muchos se espantaban de él
al verlo tan desfigurado,
sin aspecto de persona,
con una figura sin rasgos humanos,
15 así asombrará a pueblos numerosos.
Los reyes, ante él, cerrarán la boca,
al ver lo que nadie les contó,
al descubrir lo que no habían oído.
Isaiah 52
New King James Version
God Redeems Jerusalem
52 Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised (A)and the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.
2 (B)Shake yourself from the dust, arise;
Sit down, O Jerusalem!
(C)Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion!
3 For thus says the Lord:
4 For thus says the Lord God:
“My people went down at first
Into (F)Egypt to [a]dwell there;
Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord,
“That My people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
[b]Make them wail,” says the Lord,
“And My name is (G)blasphemed continually every day.
6 Therefore My people shall know My name;
Therefore they shall know in that day
That I am He who speaks:
‘Behold, it is I.’ ”
7 (H)How beautiful upon the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who proclaims peace,
Who brings glad tidings of good things,
Who proclaims salvation,
Who says to Zion,
(I)“Your God reigns!”
8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices,
With their voices they shall sing together;
For they shall see eye to eye
When the Lord brings back Zion.
9 Break forth into joy, sing together,
You waste places of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 (J)The Lord has [c]made bare His holy arm
In the eyes of (K)all the nations;
And all the ends of the earth shall see
The salvation of our God.
11 (L)Depart! Depart! Go out from there,
Touch no unclean thing;
Go out from the midst of her,
(M)Be clean,
You who bear the vessels of the Lord.
12 For (N)you shall not go out with haste,
Nor go by flight;
(O)For the Lord will go before you,
(P)And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
The Sin-Bearing Servant
13 Behold, (Q)My Servant shall [d]deal prudently;
(R)He shall be exalted and [e]extolled and be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His (S)visage[f] was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
15 (T)So shall He [g]sprinkle many nations.
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him;
For (U)what had not been told them they shall see,
And what they had not heard they shall consider.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:4 As resident aliens
- Isaiah 52:5 DSS Mock; LXX Marvel and wail; Tg. Boast themselves; Vg. Treat them unjustly
- Isaiah 52:10 Revealed His power
- Isaiah 52:13 prosper
- Isaiah 52:13 Lit. be lifted up
- Isaiah 52:14 appearance
- Isaiah 52:15 Or startle
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