[1] Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion! Put on your splendid clothing, Jerusalem, you holy city; for the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer come into you. [2] Shake the dust off yourself; rise up; sit enthroned, Jerusalem. Loose the bonds from your neck, captive Daughter Zion! [3] The LORD proclaims: You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money. [4] The LORD God proclaims: Long ago my people went down to reside in Egypt. Moreover, Assyria has oppressed them without cause. [5] And now what have I here? says the LORD. My people are taken away for nothing. Their rulers wail, says the LORD, and continually all day long my name is despised. [6] Therefore, my people will know my name on that day; I’m the one who promises it; I’m here. [7] How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of a messenger who proclaims peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God rules!” [8] Listen! Your lookouts lift their voice; they sing out together! Right before their eyes they see the LORD returning to Zion. [9] Break into song together, you ruins of Jerusalem! The LORD has comforted his people and has redeemed Jerusalem. [10] The LORD has bared his holy arm in view of all the nations; all the ends of the earth have seen our God’s victory. [11] Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Unclean! Don’t touch! Get out of that place; purify yourselves, carriers of the LORD’s equipment! [12] You won’t go out in a rush, nor will you run away, because the one going before you is the LORD; your rear guard is the God of Israel. [13] Look, my servant will succeed. He will be exalted and lifted very high. [14] Just as many were appalled by you, he too appeared disfigured, inhuman, his appearance unlike that of mortals. [15] But he will astonish many nations. Kings will be silenced because of him, because they will see what they haven’t seen before; what they haven’t heard before, they will ponder.
