Cheer for Prostrate Zion
1 Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;
Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Will no longer come into you.
2 Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,
O captive Jerusalem;
Loose yourself from the chains around your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
3 For thus says the Lord, “You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed without money.”
4 For thus says the Lord God, “My people went down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
5 Now therefore, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?”Againthe Lorddeclares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually blasphemed all day long.
6 Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.'”
7 How lovely on the mountains
Are the feet of him who brings good news,
Who announces peace
And brings good news of happiness,
Who announces salvation,
Andsays to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
8 Listen! Your watchmen lift uptheirvoices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see with their own eyes
When the Lordrestores Zion.
9 Break forth, shout joyfully together,
You waste places of Jerusalem;
For the Lordhas comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Lordhas bared His holy arm
In the sight of all the nations,
That all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.
11 Depart, depart, go out from there,
Touch nothing unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Lord.
12 But you will not go out in haste,
Nor will you go as fugitives;
For the Lordwill go before you,
And the God of Israelwill beyour rear guard.
The Exalted Servant
13 Behold, My servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.
14 Just as many were astonished at you,My people,
So His appearance was marred more than any man
And His form more than the sons of men.
15 Thus He will sprinkle many nations,
Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him;
For what had not been told them they will see,
And what they had not heard they will understand.
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