Isaiah 52:1-12 - Yahweh Redeems Zion
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put on your strength, Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the Holy City!
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
will no longer enter you.
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds
captive Daughter Zion.”
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”
“At first My people went down to Egypt to live there,
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that My people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
therefore they will know on that day
that I am He who says:
Here I am.”
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are the feet of the herald,
who proclaims peace,
who brings news of good things,
who proclaims salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
they lift up their voices,
shouting for joy together;
for every eye will see
when the Lord returns to Zion.
you ruins of Jerusalem!
For the Lord has comforted His people;
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
in the sight of all the nations;
all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.
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Do not touch anything unclean;
go out from her, purify yourselves,
you who carry the vessels of the Lord.
and you will not have to take flight;
because the Lord is going before you,
and the God of Israel is your rear guard.