Isaiah 52 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Cheer for Prostrate Zion

52 (A)Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion;
Clothe yourself with your (B)beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the (C)holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the (D)unclean
Will no longer come into you.
2 Shake yourself (E)from the dust, (F)rise up,
Captive Jerusalem;
(G)Release yourself from the chains around your neck,
Captive daughter of Zion.

3 For this is what the Lord says: “You were (H)sold for nothing, and you will be (I)redeemed (J)without money.” 4 For this is what the Lord [a]God says: “My people (K)went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason. 5 And now, what do I have here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason?” Again the Lord declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My (L)name is continually reviled all day long. 6 Therefore, My people shall (M)know My name; therefore on that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

7 How delightful on the mountains
Are the feet of one who brings (N)good news,
Who announces [b]peace
And brings good news of [c]happiness,
Who announces salvation,
And says to Zion, “Your (O)God [d]reigns!”
8 Listen! Your watchmen raise their (P)voices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see [e]with their own eyes
When the Lord restores Zion.
9 (Q)Be cheerful, shout joyfully together,
You (R)ruins of Jerusalem;
For the Lord has comforted His people,
He has (S)redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Lord has bared His holy (T)arm
In the sight of all the nations,
[f]So that (U)all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

11 (V)Depart, depart, go out from there,
(W)Do not touch what is unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, (X)purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Lord.
12 But you will not go out in (Y)a hurry,
Nor will you go [g]as fugitives;
For the (Z)Lord will go before you,
And (AA)the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

13 Behold, My (AB)Servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and [h]greatly (AC)exalted.
14 Just as many were appalled at you, My people,
So His (AD)appearance was marred beyond that of a man,
And His form beyond the sons of mankind.
15 So [i]He will (AE)sprinkle many nations,
Kings will (AF)shut their mouths on account of Him;
For (AG)what they had not been told, they will see,
And what they had not heard, they will understand.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Isaiah 52:7 Or well-being
  3. Isaiah 52:7 Lit good
  4. Isaiah 52:7 Or is King
  5. Isaiah 52:8 Lit eye to eye
  6. Isaiah 52:10 Or And all...will see
  7. Isaiah 52:12 Lit in flight
  8. Isaiah 52:13 Or very high
  9. Isaiah 52:15 LXX many nations will wonder at Him

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 52:1 : Is 51:9, 17
  2. Isaiah 52:1 : Ex 28:2, 40; 1 Chr 16:29; Ps 110:3; Is 49:18; 61:3, 10; Zech 3:4
  3. Isaiah 52:1 : Neh 11:1; Is 48:2; 64:10; Zech 14:20, 21; Matt 4:5; Rev 21:2-27
  4. Isaiah 52:1 : Is 35:8
  5. Isaiah 52:2 : Is 29:4
  6. Isaiah 52:2 : Is 60:1
  7. Isaiah 52:2 : Is 9:4; 10:27; 14:25; Zech 2:7
  8. Isaiah 52:3 : Ps 44:12; Jer 15:13
  9. Isaiah 52:3 : Is 1:27; 62:12; 63:4
  10. Isaiah 52:3 : Is 45:13
  11. Isaiah 52:4 : Gen 46:6
  12. Isaiah 52:5 : Ezek 36:20, 23; Rom 2:24
  13. Isaiah 52:6 : Is 49:23
  14. Isaiah 52:7 : Is 40:9; 61:1; Nah 1:15; Rom 10:15; Eph 6:15
  15. Isaiah 52:7 : Ps 93:1; Is 24:23
  16. Isaiah 52:8 : Is 62:6
  17. Isaiah 52:9 : Ps 98:4; Is 44:23
  18. Isaiah 52:9 : Is 44:26; 51:3; 61:4
  19. Isaiah 52:9 : Is 43:1; 48:20
  20. Isaiah 52:10 : Ps 98:1-3; Is 51:9; 66:18, 19
  21. Isaiah 52:10 : Is 45:22; 48:20
  22. Isaiah 52:11 : Is 48:20; Jer 50:8; Zech 2:6, 7; 2 Cor 6:17
  23. Isaiah 52:11 : Num 19:11, 16
  24. Isaiah 52:11 : Lev 22:2; Is 1:16
  25. Isaiah 52:12 : Ex 12:11, 33; Deut 16:3
  26. Isaiah 52:12 : Is 26:7; 42:16; 49:10, 11
  27. Isaiah 52:12 : Ex 14:19, 20; Is 58:8
  28. Isaiah 52:13 : Is 42:1; 49:1-7; 53:11
  29. Isaiah 52:13 : Is 57:15; Phil 2:9
  30. Isaiah 52:14 : Is 53:2, 3
  31. Isaiah 52:15 : Num 19:18-21; Ezek 36:25
  32. Isaiah 52:15 : Job 21:5
  33. Isaiah 52:15 : Rom 15:21; Eph 3:5

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