How delightful on the mountains
Are the feet of one who brings (A)good news,
Who announces [a]peace
And brings good news of [b]happiness,
Who announces salvation,
And says to Zion, “Your (B)God [c]reigns!”
Listen! Your watchmen raise their (C)voices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see [d]with their own eyes
When the Lord restores Zion.
(D)Be cheerful, shout joyfully together,
You (E)ruins of Jerusalem;
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has (F)redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Lord has bared His holy (G)arm
In the sight of all the nations,
[e]So that (H)all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:7 Or well-being
  2. Isaiah 52:7 Lit good
  3. Isaiah 52:7 Or is King
  4. Isaiah 52:8 Lit eye to eye
  5. Isaiah 52:10 Or And all...will see

“How beautiful[a] on the mountains
    are the feet of the one who brings news of peace,[b]
who announces good things,
    who announces salvation,[c]
        who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns!’
Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices,[d]
    together they sing for joy;
for they will see in plain sight
    the return of the Lord to Zion with compassion.[e]

“Break forth together into singing,[f]
    you ruins of Jerusalem;
for the Lord has comforted his people,
    and[g] he has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Lord has bared his holy arm[h]
    in the eyes of all the nations;
and all the ends of the earth will see
    the salvation of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:7 Lit. they are beautiful; so 1QIsaa MTT LXXmss; 4QIsab reads It is beautiful
  2. Isaiah 52:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read who brings good news
  3. Isaiah 52:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads who announces peace, who brings news of good things, who announces salvation; cf. LXX
  4. Isaiah 52:8 Lit. their voice; so 1QIsaa; MT reads the voice
  5. Isaiah 52:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks with compassion
  6. Isaiah 52:9 Lit. sing for joy (sing.); so 1QIsaa; MT reads sing for joy (pl.)
  7. Isaiah 52:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
  8. Isaiah 52:10 I.e. the Messiah