The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 52

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1 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 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 For thus saith the LORD Ye have sold yourselves for nought and ye shall be redeemed without money ⚑

4 For thus saith the Lord GOD My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause ⚑

5 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 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 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 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 Break forth into joy sing together ye waste places of Jerusalem for the LORD hath comforted his people he hath redeemed Jerusalem ⚑

10 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 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 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 Behold my servant shall deal prudently he shall be exalted and extolled and be very high ⚑

14 As many were astonied at thee his visage was so marred more than any man and his form more than the sons of men ⚑

15 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 ⚑

King James Version (1769) with Apocrypha · Crosswire Bible Society / eBible.org (standard text of 1769) · Public Domain

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · public domain