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Cheer for Prostrate Zion
AAwake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;
Clothe yourself in your Bbeautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the Choly city;
For the uncircumcised and the Dunclean
Will no longer come into you.
Shake yourself Afrom the dust, Brise up,
O captive Jerusalem;
CLoose yourself from the chains around your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
For thus says the Loʀᴅ, “You were Asold for nothing and you will be Bredeemed Cwithout money.” For thus says the Lord 1Goᴅ, “My people Awent down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.  “Now therefore, what do I have here,” declares the Loʀᴅ, “seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?” Again the Loʀᴅ declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My Aname is continually blasphemed all day long.  “Therefore My people shall Aknow My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’ ”
 
How lovely on the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings Agood news,
Who announces 1peace
And brings good news of 2happiness,
Who announces salvation,
And says to Zion, “Your BGod 3reigns!”
Listen! Your watchmen lift up their Avoices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see 1with their own eyes
When the Loʀᴅ restores Zion.
ABreak forth, shout joyfully together,
You Bwaste places of Jerusalem;
For the Loʀᴅ has comforted His people,
He has Credeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Loʀᴅ has bared His holy Aarm
In the sight of all the nations,
1That Ball the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.
 
11  ADepart, depart, go out from there,
BTouch nothing unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, Cpurify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Loʀᴅ.
12 But you will not go out in Ahaste,
Nor will you go 1as fugitives;
For the BLoʀᴅ will go before you,
And Cthe God of Israel will be your rear guard.
 
The Exalted Servant
13  Behold, My Aservant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and 1greatly Bexalted.
14  Just as many were astonished at you, My people,
So His Aappearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men.
15  Thus He will Asprinkle many nations,
Kings will Bshut their mouths on account of Him;
For Cwhat had not been told them they will see,
And what they had not heard they will understand.
A 52:1 Is 51:9, 17 B 52:1 Ex 28:2, 40; 1 Chr 16:29; Ps 110:3; Is 49:18; 61:3, 10; Zech 3:4 C 52:1 Neh 11:1; Is 48:2; 64:10; Zech 14:20, 21; Matt 4:5; Rev 21:2-27 D 52:1 Is 35:8 A 52:2 Is 29:4 B 52:2 Is 60:1 C 52:2 Is 9:4; 10:27; 14:25; Zech 2:7 A 52:3 Ps 44:12; Jer 15:13 B 52:3 Is 1:27; 62:12; 63:4 C 52:3 Is 45:13 1 52:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Loʀᴅ A 52:4 Gen 46:6 A 52:5 Ezek 36:20, 23; Rom 2:24 A 52:6 Is 49:23 A 52:7 Is 40:9; 61:1; Nah 1:15; Rom 10:15; Eph 6:15 1 52:7 Or well-being 2 52:7 Lit good B 52:7 Ps 93:1; Is 24:23 3 52:7 Or is King A 52:8 Is 62:6 1 52:8 Lit eye to eye A 52:9 Ps 98:4; Is 44:23 B 52:9 Is 44:26; 51:3; 61:4 C 52:9 Is 43:1; 48:20 A 52:10 Ps 98:1-3; Is 51:9; 66:18, 19 1 52:10 Lit And...earth will see B 52:10 Is 45:22; 48:20 A 52:11 Is 48:20; Jer 50:8; Zech 2:6, 7; 2 Cor 6:17 B 52:11 Num 19:11, 16 C 52:11 Lev 22:2; Is 1:16 A 52:12 Ex 12:11, 33; Deut 16:3 1 52:12 Lit in flight B 52:12 Is 26:7; 42:16; 49:10, 11 C 52:12 Ex 14:19, 20; Is 58:8 A 52:13 Is 42:1; 49:1-7; 53:11 1 52:13 Or very high B 52:13 Is 57:15; Phil 2:9 A 52:14 Is 53:2, 3 A 52:15 Num 19:18-21; Ezek 36:25 B 52:15 Job 21:5 C 52:15 Rom 15:21; Eph 3:5