Listen! Your watchmen lift up their (A)voices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see [a]with their own eyes
When the Lord restores Zion.
(B)Break forth, shout joyfully together,
You (C)waste places of Jerusalem;
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has (D)redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Lord has bared His holy (E)arm
In the sight of all the nations,
[b]That (F)all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

11 (G)Depart, depart, go out from there,
(H)Touch nothing unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, (I)purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Lord.
12 But you will not go out in (J)haste,
Nor will you go [c]as fugitives;
For the (K)Lord will go before you,
And (L)the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:8 Lit eye to eye
  2. Isaiah 52:10 Lit And...earth will see
  3. Isaiah 52:12 Lit in flight

Listen! Your watchmen(A) lift up their voices;(B)
    together they shout for joy.(C)
When the Lord returns(D) to Zion,(E)
    they will see it with their own eyes.
Burst into songs of joy(F) together,
    you ruins(G) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted(H) his people,
    he has redeemed Jerusalem.(I)
10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm(J)
    in the sight of all the nations,(K)
and all the ends of the earth(L) will see
    the salvation(M) of our God.

11 Depart,(N) depart, go out from there!
    Touch no unclean thing!(O)
Come out from it and be pure,(P)
    you who carry the articles(Q) of the Lord’s house.
12 But you will not leave in haste(R)
    or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you,(S)
    the God of Israel will be your rear guard.(T)

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