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52
Deliverance for Jerusalem
 
1 Awake, awake,
clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!
Put on your garments of splendor,
O Jerusalem, holy city!
For the uncircumcised and unclean
will no longer enter you.
2 Shake off your dust!
Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem.
Remove the chains from your neck,
O captive Daughter of Zion.
 
3 For this is what the LORD says:
 
“You were sold for nothing,
and without money you will be redeemed.”
 
4 For this is what the Lord GOD says:
 
“At first My people went down to Egypt to live,
then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
5 And now what have I here?
declares the LORD.
For My people have been taken without cause;
those who rule them taunt,[a]
declares the LORD,
and My name is blasphemed continually
all day long.[b]
6 Therefore My people will know My name;
therefore they will know on that day
that I am He who speaks.
Here I am!”
 
7 How beautiful on the mountains
are the feet of those who bring good news,[c]
who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings,
who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices,
together they shout for joy.
For every eye will see
when the LORD returns to Zion.
9 Break forth in joy, sing together,
O ruins of Jerusalem,
for the LORD has comforted His people;
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The LORD has bared His holy arm
in the sight of all the nations;
all the ends of the earth will see
the salvation of our God.
 
11 Depart, depart, go out from there!
Touch no unclean thing;[d]
come out from it, purify yourselves,
you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
12 For you will not leave in a hurry
nor flee in haste,
for the LORD goes before you,
and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
The Servant Exalted
(Philippians 2:5–11)
 
13 Behold, My Servant will prosper;[e]
He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14 Just as many were appalled at Him [f]—
His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man,
and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
15 so He will sprinkle [g] many nations.
Kings will shut their mouths because of Him.
For they will see what they have not been told,
and they will understand what they have not heard.[h]

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