Isaiah:52

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* Awake , awake , put on thy strength , O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments , O Jerusalem , thou holy city ; for no more shall enter into thee henceforth the uncircumcised and the unclean . * Shake thyself free from the dust , arise , sit down , O Jerusalem : loosen thyself from the bands of thy neck , O captive , daughter of Zion . * For thus hath said the Lord , For naught were you sold , and without silver shall ye be redeemed . * For thus hath said the Lord Eternal , Into Egypt went my people down aforetimes , to sojourn there , and Asshur hath oppressed it without cause . * And now what have I here , saith the Lord , since my people hath been taken away for naught ? its rulers vaunt aloud , saith the Lord , and continually , all the day , is my name blasphemed . * Therefore shall my people know my name , therefore on that day , that I am he that speaketh it : here am I . * How beautiful are upon the mountains the feet of the messenger of good tidings , that publisheth peace , that announceth tidings of happiness , that publisheth salvation , that saith unto Zion , Thy God reigneth . * The voice of thy watchmen ,––they raise their voice , together shall they shout ; for eye to eye shall they see , when the Lord returneth unto Zion . * Break forth , shout together , ye ruins of Jerusalem ; the Lord hath comforted his people , he hath redeemed Jerusalem . * The Lord hath made bare his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations ; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God . * Depart ye , depart ye , go out from there , touch no unclean thing ; go ye out from the midst of it ; cleanse yourselves , ye bearers of the vessels of the Lord . * Not in haste shall ye go out , and not in flight shall ye go ; for before you goeth the Lord , and your rereward is the God of Israel . * Behold , my servant shall be prosperous , he shall be exalted and extolled , and be placed very high . * Just as many were astonished at thee , so greatly was his countenance marred more than any man ’s , and his form more than the sons of men ,–– * Thus will he cause many nations to jump up in ; at him will kings shut their mouth ; for what had not been told unto them shall they see , and what they had never heard shall they understand .

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