Isaiah 52:7-9

New International Reader's Version

⁷What a beautiful sight it is
    to see messengers coming with good news!
How beautiful to see them coming down from the mountains
    with a message about peace!
How wonderful it is when they bring the good news
    that we are saved!
How wonderful when they say to Zion,
    “Your God rules!”
⁸Listen! Those on guard duty are shouting out the message.
    With their own eyes
they see the Lord returning to Zion.
    So they shout for joy.
⁹Burst into songs of joy together,
    you broken-down buildings in Jerusalem.
The Lord has comforted his people.
    He has set Jerusalem free.

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Isaiah 52:7-9

New International Version

⁷How beautiful on the mountains^(A)
    are the feet of those who bring good news,^(B)
who proclaim peace,^(C)
    who bring good tidings,
    who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
    “Your God reigns!”^(D)
⁸Listen! Your watchmen^(E) lift up their voices;^(F)
    together they shout for joy.^(G)
When the Lord returns^(H) to Zion,^(I)
    they will see it with their own eyes.
⁹Burst into songs of joy^(J) together,
    you ruins^(K) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted^(L) his people,
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.^(M)

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Isaiah 52:7-9

King James Version

⁷How 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!

⁸Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.

⁹Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

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