God Redeems Jerusalem
1 Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
# For the uncircumcisedand the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.
2 Shake yourself from the dust, arise;
Sit down, O Jerusalem!
# Loose yourself from the bonds of your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion!
3 For thus says theLord:
# “You have sold yourselves for nothing,
# And you shall be redeemedwithout money.”
4 For thus says the LordGod:
“My people went down at first
# IntoEgypt to dwell there;
Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 Now therefore, what have I here,” says theLord,
“That My people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
Make them wail,” says theLord,
# “And My nameisblasphemed continually every day.
6 Therefore My people shall know My name;
Thereforetheyshallknowin that day
That IamHe who speaks:
‘Behold,itisI.’ ”
7 How beautiful upon the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who proclaims peace,
Who brings glad tidings of goodthings,
Who proclaims salvation,
Who says to Zion,
# “Your God reigns!”
8 Your watchmen shall lift uptheirvoices,
With their voices they shall sing together;
For they shall see eye to eye
When theLordbrings back Zion.
9 Break forth into joy, sing together,
You waste places of Jerusalem!
For theLordhas comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 TheLordhas made bare His holy arm
# In the eyes ofall the nations;
And all the ends of the earth shall see
The salvation of our God.
11 Depart! Depart! Go out from there,
Touch no uncleanthing;
Go out from the midst of her,
# Be clean,
You who bear the vessels of theLord.
12 Foryou shall not go out with haste,
Nor go by flight;
# For theLordwill go before you,
# And the God of Israelwillbeyour rear guard.
The Sin-Bearing Servant
13 Behold,My Servant shall deal prudently;
# He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you,
# So Hisvisage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
15 So shall He sprinkle many nations.
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him;
# Forwhat had not been told them they shall see,
And what they had not heard they shall consider.