Isaiah 52:1-7

Christian Standard Bible

52 “Wake up, wake up;
put on your strength, Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,^(A)
Jerusalem, the holy city!^(B)
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
will no longer enter you.^(C)
2 Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!
Take your seat, Jerusalem.
Remove the bonds^[a] from your neck,
captive Daughter Zion.”
³ For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will be redeemed without silver.”^(D)
4 For this is what the Lord God says:
“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,^(E)
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.^[b]
5 So now what have I here”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“that my people are taken away for nothing?
Its rulers wail”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.^(F)
6 Therefore my people will know my name;^(G)
therefore they will know on that day
that I am he who says,
‘Here I am.’”

⁷ How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of the herald,
who proclaims peace,
who brings news of good things,^(H)
who proclaims salvation,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!” ^(I)