God Redeems Jerusalem
Awake, awake!
Put on your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city!
For the uncircumcised aand the unclean
Shall no longer come to you.
2 aShake yourself from the dust, arise;
Sit down, O Jerusalem!
bLoose yourself from the bonds of your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion!
3 For thus says the Lord:
a“You have sold yourselves for nothing,
And you shall be redeemed bwithout money.”
4 For thus says the Lord God:
“My people went down at first
Into aEgypt to dwell there;
Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 Now therefore, what have I here,” says the Lord,
“That My people are taken away for nothing?
Those who rule over them
Make them wail,” says the Lord,
“And My name is ablasphemed continually every day.
6 Therefore My people shall know My name;
Therefore they shall know in that day
That I am He who speaks:
‘Behold, it is I.’ ”
7 aHow beautiful upon the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who proclaims peace,
Who brings glad tidings of good things,
Who proclaims salvation,
Who says to Zion,
b“Your God reigns!”
8 Your watchmen shall lift up their voices,
With their voices they shall sing together;
For they shall see eye to eye
When the Lord brings back Zion.
9 Break forth into joy, sing together,
You waste places of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 aThe Lord has made bare His holy arm
In the eyes of ball the nations;
And all the ends of the earth shall see
The salvation of our God.
11 aDepart! Depart! Go out from there,
Touch no unclean thing;
Go out from the midst of her,
bBe clean,
You who bear the vessels of the Lord.
12 For ayou shall not go out with haste,
Nor go by flight;
bFor the Lord will go before you,
cAnd the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
The Sin‑Bearing Servant
13 Behold, aMy Servant shall deal prudently;
bHe shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His avisage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
15 aSo shall He sprinkle many nations.
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him;
For bwhat had not been told them they shall see,
And what they had not heard they shall consider.
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson.
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