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1Awake, awake,

put on your strength, O Zion;

put on your beautiful garments,

O Jerusalem, the holy city;

for there shall no more come into you

the uncircumcised and the unclean.

2Shake yourself from the dust, arise,

O captive Jerusalem;

loose the bonds from your neck,

O captive daughter of Zion.

3For thus says the Lord: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money. 4For thus says the Lord God: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing. 5Now therefore what have I here, says the Lord, seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail, says the Lord, and continually all the day my name is despised. 6Therefore my people shall know my name; therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here am I.”

7How beautiful upon the mountains

are the feet of him who brings good tidings,

who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good,

who publishes salvation,

who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.”

8Hark, your watchmen lift up their voice,

together they sing for joy;

for eye to eye they see

the return of the Lord to Zion.

9Break forth together into singing,

you waste places of Jerusalem;

for the Lord has comforted his people,

he has redeemed Jerusalem.

10The Lord has bared his holy arm

before the eyes of all the nations;

and all the ends of the earth shall see

the salvation of our God.

11Depart, depart, go out thence,

touch no unclean thing;

go out from the midst of her, purify yourselves,

you who bear the vessels of the Lord.

12For you shall not go out in haste,

and you shall not go in flight,

for the Lord will go before you,

and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

13Behold, my servant shall prosper,

he shall be exalted and lifted up,

and shall be very high.

14As many were astonished at him—

his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,

and his form beyond that of the sons of men—

15so shall he startle many nations;

kings shall shut their mouths because of him;

for that which has not been told them they shall see,

and that which they have not heard they shall understand.

Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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