1Awake, 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. 2Shake the dust off yourself and rise up, O Jerusalem. Loose the bonds from your neck,
O captive Daughter of Zion. 3For thus says Yahweh:
You were sold for no amount,
you will be redeemed without money.
4Thus says the Lord God:
In the beginning
my people lived as aliens in Egypt;
then Assyria oppressed them without reason.
5But 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.
6Therefore my people will know my name; therefore they will know on that day that it is I who say: “Here I am!”
7 ① 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!”
8Together your watchmen raise their voices in praise and song; they see Yahweh face to face returning to Zion. 9Break into shouts of joy, O ruins of Jerusalem, for Yahweh consoles his people and redeems Jerusalem. 10Yahweh has bared his holy arm in the eyes of the nations; all the ends of the earth, in alarm, will witness God’s salvation.
11Depart, depart from that nation, come out!
Touch nothing unclean. Purify yourselves, you who bear all Yahweh’s holy vessels. 12Yet 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.
Through his punishment, we are made whole
13It is now when my servant will succeed; he will be exalted and highly praised.
14Just as many have been horrified at his disfigured appearance:
“Is this a man? He does not look like one,” 15so will nations be astounded, kings will stand speechless, for they will see something never told, they will witness something never heard of.
- Is 52,7 The prophets, messengers of a victorious God: that is the meaning of the good news. See Rom 1:1; 2 Cor 2:14.
