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Chapter 52
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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. |
2
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Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O
Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck,
O captive daughter of Zion. |
3
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For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for
nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. |
4
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For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime
into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed
them without cause. |
5
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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. |
6
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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. |
7
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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! |
8
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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. |
9
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Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places
of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people,
he hath redeemed Jerusalem. |
10
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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. |
11
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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. |
12
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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. |
13
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Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be
exalted and extolled, and be very high. |
14
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As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred
more than any man, and his form more than the sons of
men: |
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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. |
