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Isaiah 52

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Isaiah 52 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

Awake, awake! Put on your strength, Zion. Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city, for from now on the uncircumcised and the unclean will no more come into you.

ASV: 1ASV

Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

WEB: 2WEB

Shake yourself from the dust! Arise, sit up, Jerusalem! Release yourself from the bonds of your neck, captive daughter of Zion!

ASV: 2ASV

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit on thy throne, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

WEB: 3WEB

For the LORD says, “You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money.”

ASV: 3ASV

For thus saith Jehovah, Ye were sold for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

WEB: 4WEB

For the Lord GOD says: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to live there; and the Assyrian has oppressed them without cause.

ASV: 4ASV

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah, My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there: and the Assyrian hath oppressed them without cause.

WEB: 5WEB

“Now therefore, what do I do here,” says the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them mock,” says the LORD, “and my name is blasphemed continually all day long.

ASV: 5ASV

Now therefore, what do I here, saith Jehovah, seeing that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them do howl, saith Jehovah, and my name continually all the day is blasphemed.

WEB: 6WEB

Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore they shall know in that day that I am he who speaks. Behold, it is I.”

ASV: 6ASV

Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak; behold, it is I.

WEB: 7WEB

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news, who proclaims salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”

ASV: 7ASV

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

WEB: 8WEB

Your watchmen lift up their voice. Together they sing; for they shall see eye to eye when the LORD returns to Zion.

ASV: 8ASV

The voice of thy watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah returneth to Zion.

WEB: 9WEB

Break out into joy! Sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem; for the LORD has comforted his people. He has redeemed Jerusalem.

ASV: 9ASV

Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

WEB: 10WEB

The LORD has made his holy arm bare in the eyes of all the nations. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

ASV: 10ASV

Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

WEB: 11WEB

Depart! Depart! Go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out from among her! Cleanse yourselves, you who carry the LORD’s vessels.

ASV: 11ASV

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves, ye that bear the vessels of Jehovah.

WEB: 12WEB

For you shall not go out in haste, neither shall you go by flight; for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

ASV: 12ASV

For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.

WEB: 13WEB

Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.

ASV: 13ASV

Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.

WEB: 14WEB

Just as many were astonished at you— his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—

ASV: 14ASV

Like as many were astonished at thee (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),

WEB: 15WEB

so he will cleanse many nations. Kings will shut their mouths at him; for they will see that which had not been told them, and they will understand that which they had not heard.

ASV: 15ASV

so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they understand.