Isaiah 52:7-12

Common English Bible

Your God rules

⁷How 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!”
⁸Listen! Your lookouts lift their voice;
    they sing out together!
    Right before their eyes they see the Lord returning to Zion.

⁹Break into song together, you ruins of Jerusalem!
The Lord has comforted his people and has redeemed Jerusalem.
¹⁰The Lord has bared his holy arm in view of all the nations;
all the ends of the earth have seen our God’s victory.

¹¹Depart! Depart! Go out from there!
    Unclean! Don’t touch!
    Get out of that place; purify yourselves,
    carriers of the Lord’s equipment!
¹²You 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.