Isaiah, 52

1. Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

1. Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; put on your glorious garments, O Jerusalem, holy city. For never will the uncircumcised or the unclean enter you again.

2. Shake thyself from the dust; arise, [and] sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

2. Shake the dust off yourself and rise up, O Jerusalem. Loose the bonds from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

3. For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.

3. For thus says Yahweh: You were sold for no amount, you will be redeemed without money.

4. For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

4. Thus says the Lord God: In the beginning my people lived as aliens in Egypt; then Assyria oppressed them without reason.

5. Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day [is] blasphemed.

5. But now, what am I doing here? says Yahweh. My people have been carried off for no money and their masters make a boast of it; all day long my name is scorned.

6. Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore [they shall know] in that day that I [am] he that doth speak: behold, [it is] I.

6. Therefore my people will know my name; therefore they will know on that day that it is I who say: "Here I am!"

7. How 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!

7. How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who herald peace and happiness, who proclaim salvation and announce to Zion: "Your God is king!"

8. Thy 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.

8. Together your watchmen raise their voices in praise and song; they see Yahweh face to face returning to Zion.

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

9. Break into shouts of joy, O ruins of Jerusalem, for Yahweh consoles his people and redeems Jerusalem.

10. The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

10. Yahweh has bared his holy arm in the eyes of the nations; all the ends of the earth, in alarm, will witness God's salvation.

11. Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean [thing]; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

11. Depart, depart from that nation, come out! Touch nothing unclean. Purify yourselves, you who bear all Yahweh's holy vessels.

12. For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel [will be] your rereward.

12. Yet not in escape, or in fright, will you come out, you will not leave in headlong flight; for ahead is Yahweh, your vanguard, and behind, the God of Israel, your rearguard.

13. Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

13. It is now when my servant will succeed; he will be exalted and highly praised.

14. As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

14. Just as many have been horrified at his disfigured appearance: "Is this a man? He does not look like one,"

15. So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for [that] which had not been told them shall they see; and [that] which they had not heard shall they consider.

15. so will nations be astounded, kings will stand speechless, for they will see something never told, they will witness something never heard of.