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| Isaiah 52:1 | Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. | Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision. |
| Isaiah 52:2 | Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. | Make yourself clean from the dust; up! and take the seat of your power, O Jerusalem: the bands of your neck are loose, O prisoned daughter of Zion. |
| Isaiah 52:3 | For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. | For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price. |
| Isaiah 52:4 | For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. | For the Lord God says, My people went down at first into Egypt, to get a place for themselves there: and the Assyrian put a cruel yoke on them without cause. |
| Isaiah 52:5 | Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. | Now then, what have I here? says the Lord, for my people are taken away without cause; they are made waste and give cries of sorrow, says the Lord, and all the day the nations put shame on my name. |
| Isaiah 52:6 | Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. | For this cause I will make my name clear to my people; in that day they will be certain that it is my word which comes to them; see, here am I. |
| Isaiah 52:7 | How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! | How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who comes with good news, who gives word of peace, saying that salvation is near; who says to Zion, Your God is ruling! |
| Isaiah 52:8 | Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. | The voice of your watchmen! their voices are loud in song together; for they will see him, eye to eye, when the Lord comes back to Zion. |
| Isaiah 52:9 | Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. | Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem. |
| Isaiah 52:10 | The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. | The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. |
| Isaiah 52:11 | Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. | Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord. |
| Isaiah 52:12 | For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward. | For you will not go out suddenly, and you will not go in flight: for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will come after you to keep you. |
| Isaiah 52:13 | Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. | See, my servant will do well in his undertakings, he will be honoured, and lifted up, and be very high. |
| Isaiah 52:14 | As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: | As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men. |
| Isaiah 52:15 | So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. | So will nations give him honour; kings will keep quiet because of him: for what had not been made clear to them they will see; and they will give their minds to what had not come to their ears. |
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