Isaiah, Chapter 52

1. Awake, awake, O Zion! Clothe yourself in splendor; Put on your robes of majesty, Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall never enter you again.    2. Arise, shake off the dust, Sit [on your throne], Jerusalem! Loose the bonds from your neck, O captive one, Fair Zion!    3. For thus said the LORD: You were sold for no price, And shall be redeemed without money.    4. For thus said the Lord GOD: Of old, My people went down To Egypt to sojourn there; But Assyria has robbed them, Giving nothing in return.    5. What therefore do I gain here? -- declares the LORD -- For My people has been carried off for nothing, Their mockers howl -- declares the LORD -- And constantly, unceasingly, My name is reviled.    6. Assuredly, My people shall learn My name, Assuredly [they shall learn] on that day That I, the One who promised, Am now at hand.    7. How welcome on the mountain Are the footsteps of the herald Announcing happiness, Heralding good fortune, Announcing victory, Telling Zion, "Your God is King!"    8. Hark! Your watchmen raise their voices, As one they shout for joy; For every eye shall behold The LORD's return to Zion.    9. Raise a shout together, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD will comfort His people, Will redeem Jerusalem.    10. The LORD will bare His holy arm In the sight of all the nations, And the very ends of earth shall see The victory of our God.    11. Turn, turn away, touch naught unclean As you depart from there; Keep pure, as you go forth from there, You who bear the vessels of the LORD!    12. For you will not depart in haste, Nor will you leave in flight; For the LORD is marching before you, The God of Israel is your rear guard.    13. "Indeed, My servant shall prosper, Be exalted and raised to great heights.    14. Just as the many were appalled at him -- So marred was his appearance, unlike that of man, His form, beyond human semblance --    15. Just so he shall startle many nations. Kings shall be silenced because of him, For they shall see what has not been told them, Shall behold what they never have heard."