Isaiah 52:1–12

¹Awake, awake,

clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!

Put on your garments of splendor,

O Jerusalem, holy city!

For the uncircumcised and unclean

will no longer enter you.

²Shake off your dust!

Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem.

Remove the chains from your neck,

O captive Daughter of Zion.

³For this is what the LORD says:

“You were sold for nothing,

and without money you will be redeemed.”

⁴For this is what the Lord GOD says:

“At first My people went down to Egypt to live,

then Assyria oppressed them without cause.

⁵And now what have I here?

declares the LORD.

For My people have been taken without cause;

those who rule them taunt,^a

declares the LORD,

and My name is blasphemed continually

all day long.^b

⁶Therefore My people will know My name;

therefore they will know on that day

that I am He who speaks.

Here I am!”

⁷How beautiful on the mountains

are the feet of those who bring good news,^c

who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings,

who proclaim salvation,

who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

⁸Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices,

together they shout for joy.

For every eye will see

when the LORD returns to Zion.

⁹Break forth in joy, sing together,

O ruins of Jerusalem,

for the LORD has comforted His people;

He has redeemed Jerusalem.

¹⁰The LORD has bared His holy arm

in the sight of all the nations;

all the ends of the earth will see

the salvation of our God.

¹¹Depart, depart, go out from there!

Touch no unclean thing;^d

come out from it, purify yourselves,

you who carry the vessels of the LORD.

¹²For you will not leave in a hurry

nor flee in haste,

for the LORD goes before you,

and the God of Israel is your rear guard.