97 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
97 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
Deliverance for Jerusalem
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# Chapter 52
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1. Wake up, wake up, O Zion!
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Clothe yourself with strength.
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Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem,
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for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.
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2. Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem.
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Sit in a place of honor.
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Remove the chains of slavery from your neck,
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O captive daughter of Zion.
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3. For this is what the LORD says:
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"When I sold you into exile,
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I received no payment.
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Now I can redeem you
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without having to pay for you."
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4. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "Long ago my people chose to live in Egypt. Now they are oppressed by Assyria.
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5. What is this?" asks the LORD. "Why are my people enslaved again? Those who rule them shout in exultation. My name is blasphemed all day long.
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6. But I will reveal my name to my people, and they will come to know its power. Then at last they will recognize that I am the one who speaks to them."
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7. How beautiful on the mountains
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are the feet of the messenger who brings good news,
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the good news of peace and salvation,
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the news that the God of Israel reigns!
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8. The watchmen shout and sing with joy,
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for before their very eyes
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they see the LORD returning to Jerusalem.
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9. Let the ruins of Jerusalem break into joyful song,
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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 demonstrated his holy power
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before the eyes of all the nations.
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All the ends of the earth will see
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the victory of our God.
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11. Get out! Get out and leave your captivity,
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where everything you touch is unclean.
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Get out of there and purify yourselves,
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you who carry home the sacred objects of the LORD.
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12. You will not leave in a hurry,
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running for your lives.
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For the LORD will go ahead of you;
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yes, the God of Israel will protect you from behind.The LORD's Suffering Servant
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13. See, my servant will prosper;
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he will be highly exalted.
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14. But many were amazed when they saw him.
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His face was so disfigured he seemed hardly human,
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and from his appearance, one would scarcely know he was a man.
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15. And he will startle many nations.
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Kings will stand speechless in his presence.
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For they will see what they had not been told;
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they will understand what they had not heard about.
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