Isaiah 52
1 Awake, awake, Sion; put on thy
strength, O Sion; and do thou put on thy glory, Jerusalem the holy city: there
shall no more pass through thee the uncircumcised and unclean.
2 Shake off the dust and arise; sit
down, Jerusalem: put off the band of thy neck, captive daughter of Sion.
3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have
been sold for nought; and ye shall not be ransomed with silver.
4 Thus saith the Lord, My people went
down before to Egypt to sojourn there; and were carried away forcibly to the
Assyrians. 5 And now why are ye here?
Thus saith the Lord, Because my people was taken for nothing, wonder ye and
howl. Thus saith the Lord, On account of you
aRom. 2. 24.
my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles.
6 Therefore shall my people know my
name in that day, for I am he that speaks: I am present,
7 as
bRom. 10. 15. Another reading is 'How beautiful are the feet,' etc. Lit.
Why have the feet been made beautiful? See also Joel 2. 2.,'the morning
[spread] upon the mountains.'a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad
tidings of peace, as one preaching good news: for I will publish thy
salvation, saying, O Sion, thy God shall reign.
8 For the voice of them that guard
thee is exalted, and with the voice together they shall rejoice: for eyes
shall look to eyes, when the Lord shall have mercy upon Sion.
9 Let the waste places of Jerusalem
break forth in joy together, because the Lord has had
mercy upon her, and has delivered Jerusalem.
10 And the Lord shall reveal his holy
arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see
the salvation that comes from our God.
11 c2 Cor. 6. 17,18.
Depart ye, depart, go out from thence, and touch not the unclean thing; go ye
out from the midst of her; separate yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of
the Lord. 12 For ye shall not go
forth with tumult, neither go by flight: for the Lord shall go first in
advance of you; and the God of Israel shall be he that
dGr. gathers you.brings up your rear.
13 Behold, my servant shall
understand, and be exalted, and glorified exceedingly.
14 As many shall be amazed at thee,
so shall thy face be without glory from men, and thy glory
shall not be honoured by the sons of men.
15 Thus shall many nations wonder at
him; and kings shall keep their mouths shut:
eRom. 15. 21.
for they to whom no report was brought concerning him, shall see; and they who
have not heard, shall consider.