Isaiah 52
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Stir thyself, stir thyself; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on the garments of thy splendor, O Jerusalem, thou city of holiness! For no◦ more◦ shall come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
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Shake··off the dust from thyself; arise, sit, O Jerusalem; loose◦ thyself from the bonds◦ of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion!
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For thus says Jehovah, For··nothing you have··sold yourselves; and not with silver shall you be redeemed.
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For thus says the Lord Jehovih*, My people went··down at the first to Egypt to sojourn there; and Assyria oppressed them for nothing◦.
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And now, what have◦ I◦ here? says◦ Jehovah. For My people is taken for··nothing, their rulers make them howl, says◦ Jehovah, and continually all the day is My name disdained.
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Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that◦ day they shall know that I◦ am He◦ who speaks; behold, it is I.
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How comely· on the mountains ·are the feet of him who brings··tidings, who makes peace to be heard; who brings··tidings of good, who makes salvation to be heard! Who says unto Zion, Thy God reigns!
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The voice of thy watchmen; they shall lift up their voice; they shall sing··aloud together; for eye to eye shall they see, when Jehovah returns to Zion.
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Burst··forth, sing··aloud together, O ye wastes of Jerusalem! For Jehovah has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem!
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Jehovah has 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.
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Remove ye, remove ye, go· ye ·out from thence; touch no◦ unclean thing; go· ye ·out from the midst of her; be ye purified, ye who bear the vessels of Jehovah!
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For you shall not go··out with rushing, and you shall not go with fleeing; for Jehovah will walk before you, and the God of Israel will gather· you ·in.
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Behold, My Servant shall have··intelligence; He shall be exalted and borne··up, and shall be very lofty.
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As◦ many were··astonished at Thee, so His appearance was marred more than any man◦, and His form◦ more than the sons of man.
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So shall He spatter many nations; concerning Him kings shall shut· their mouth ·tightly; for that which was not recounted◦ to them shall they see; and that which they had not heard they shall understand.