64 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
64 lines
2.2 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 52
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1 “Wake up, wake up;
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put on your strength, Zion!
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Put on your beautiful garments,
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Jerusalem, the holy city!
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For the uncircumcised and the unclean
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will no longer enter you.
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2 Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!
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Take your seat, Jerusalem.
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Remove the bonds from your neck,
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captive Daughter Zion.”
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3 For this is what the Lord says:
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“You were sold for nothing,
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and you will be redeemed without silver.”
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4 For this is what the Lord God says:
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“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,
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then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
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5 So now what have I here”—
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this is the Lord’s declaration—
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“that my people are taken away for nothing?
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Its rulers wail”—
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this is the Lord’s declaration—
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“and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.
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6 Therefore my people will know my name;
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therefore they will know on that day
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that I am he who says,
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‘Here I am.’”
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7 How beautiful on the mountains
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are the feet of the herald,
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who proclaims peace,
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who brings news of good things,
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who proclaims salvation,
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who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
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8 The voices of your watchmen—
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they lift up their voices,
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shouting for joy together;
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for every eye will see
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when the Lord returns to Zion.
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9 Be joyful, rejoice together,
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you ruins of Jerusalem!
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For the Lord has comforted his people;
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he has redeemed Jerusalem.
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10 The Lord has displayed his holy arm
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in the sight of all the nations;
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all the ends of the earth will see
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the salvation of our God.
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11 Leave, leave, go out from there!
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Do not touch anything unclean;
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go out from her, purify yourselves,
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you who carry the vessels of the Lord.
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12 For you will not leave in a hurry,
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and you will not have to take flight;
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because the Lord is going before you,
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and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
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13 See, my servant will be successful;
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he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.
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14 Just as many were appalled at you—
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his appearance was so disfigured
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that he did not look like a man,
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and his form did not resemble a human being—
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15 so he will sprinkle many nations.
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Kings will shut their mouths because of him,
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for they will see what had not been told them,
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and they will understand what they had not heard. |