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Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds(a) from your neck,
captive Daughter Zion.”
3 Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds(a) from your neck,
captive Daughter Zion.”
For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”(D)
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5 “You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”(D)
So now what have I here”—
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.(F)
6 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.(F)
Therefore My people will know My name;(G)
therefore they will know on that day
that I am He who says:
Here I am.”
therefore they will know on that day
that I am He who says:
Here I am.”
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The voices of your watchmen(J)—
they lift up their voices,
shouting for joy together;
for every eye will see
when the Lord returns to Zion.
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10 they lift up their voices,
shouting for joy together;
for every eye will see
when the Lord returns to Zion.
The Lord has displayed His holy arm
in the sight of all the nations;(M)
all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.(N)
in the sight of all the nations;(M)
all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.(N)
The Servant’s Suffering and Exaltation
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Just as many were appalled at You(e)—
His appearance was so disfigured
that He did not look like a man,
and His form did not resemble a human being—
15 His appearance was so disfigured
that He did not look like a man,
and His form did not resemble a human being—
so He will sprinkle(f)(g) many nations.(h)(V)
Kings will shut their mouths because of Him,
For they will see what had not been told them,
and they will understand what they had not heard.(W)
Kings will shut their mouths because of Him,
For they will see what had not been told them,
and they will understand what they had not heard.(W)
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Footnotes:
a.
Isaiah 52:2: Alt Hb tradition reads The bonds are removed
b.
Isaiah 52:4: Or them at last, or them for nothing
c.
Isaiah 52:13: Tg adds the Messiah
d.
Isaiah 52:13: Or will be successful
e.
Isaiah 52:14: Some Hb mss, Syr, Tg read Him
f.
Isaiah 52:15: Or startle
g.
Isaiah 52:15: As the blood of a sacrifice is sprinkled on the altar on behalf of the people
h.
Isaiah 52:15: LXX reads so many nations will marvel at Him
Cross references:
O.
Isaiah 52:11:
Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 50:8; Ezekiel 20:34; Ezekiel 20:41; Ezekiel 20:7; 2 Corinthians 6:17