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The Lord’s Coming Salvation

Awake, awake,
put on your strength, O Zion;
put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
for there shall no more come into you
the uncircumcised and the unclean.

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Awake, awake, Zion,
clothe yourself with strength!
Put on your garments of splendor,
Jerusalem, the holy city.
The uncircumcised and defiled
will not enter you again.

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Shake yourself from the dust and arise;
be seated, O Jerusalem;
loose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.

2

Shake off your dust;
rise up, sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,
Daughter Zion, now a captive.

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For thus says the Lord: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.”

3

For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and without money you will be redeemed.”

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For thus says the Lord God: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.a

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For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“At first my people went down to Egypt to live;
lately, Assyria has oppressed them.

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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 continually all the day my name is despised.

5

“And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.
“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
and those who rule them mock,a”
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
my name is constantly blasphemed.

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Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here I am.”

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Therefore my people will know my name;
therefore in that day they will know
that it is I who foretold it.
Yes, it is I.”

7

How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,
who publishes salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

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How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of those who bring good news,
who proclaim peace,
who bring good tidings,
who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
“Your God reigns!”

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The voice of your watchmen — they lift up their voice;
together they sing for joy;
for eye to eye they see
the return of the Lord to Zion.

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Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;
together they shout for joy.
When the Lord returns to Zion,
they will see it with their own eyes.

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Break forth together into singing,
you waste places of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted his people;
he has redeemed Jerusalem.

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Burst into songs of joy together,
you ruins of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted his people,
he has redeemed Jerusalem.

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The Lord has bared his holy arm
before the eyes of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth shall see
the salvation of our God.

10

The Lord will lay bare his holy arm
in the sight of all the nations,
and all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.

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Depart, depart, go out from there;
touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves,
you who bear the vessels of the Lord.

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Depart, depart, go out from there!
Touch no unclean thing!
Come out from it and be pure,
you who carry the articles of the Lord’s house.

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For you shall not go out in haste,
and you shall not go in flight,
for the Lord will go before you,
and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

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But you will not leave in haste
or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you,
the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

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He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions

Behold, my servant shall act wisely;b
he shall be high and lifted up,
and shall be exalted.

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The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

See, my servant will act wiselyb;
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

14

As many were astonished at you —
his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,
and his form beyond that of the children of mankind —

14

Just as there were many who were appalled at himc —
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness —

15

so shall he sprinklec many nations.
Kings shall shut their mouths because of him,
for that which has not been told them they see,
and that which they have not heard they understand.

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so he will sprinkle many nations,d
and kings will shut their mouths because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.

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Isaiah 52

Isaiah 52