Isaiah 52 - New International Version (NIV)

52 Awake, awake,(A) Zion,
clothe yourself with strength!(B)
Put on your garments of splendor,(C)
Jerusalem, the holy city.(D)
The uncircumcised(E) and defiled(F)
will not enter you again.(G)
2 Shake off your dust;(H)
rise up,(I) sit enthroned, Jerusalem.
Free yourself from the chains on your neck,(J)
Daughter Zion,(K) now a captive.

3 For this is what the Lord says:

“You were sold for nothing,(L)
and without money(M) you will be redeemed.(N)”

4 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“At first my people went down to Egypt(O) to live;
lately, Assyria(P) has oppressed them.

5 “And now what do I have here?” declares the Lord.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
and those who rule them mock,[a]”
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
my name is constantly blasphemed.(Q)
6 Therefore my people will know(R) my name;(S)
therefore in that day(T) they will know
that it is I who foretold(U) it.
Yes, it is I.”

7 How beautiful on the mountains(V)
are the feet of those who bring good news,(W)
who proclaim peace,(X)
who bring good tidings,
who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
“Your God reigns!”(Y)
8 Listen! Your watchmen(Z) lift up their voices;(AA)
together they shout for joy.(AB)
When the Lord returns(AC) to Zion,(AD)
they will see it with their own eyes.
9 Burst into songs of joy(AE) together,
you ruins(AF) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted(AG) his people,
he has redeemed Jerusalem.(AH)
10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm(AI)
in the sight of all the nations,(AJ)
and all the ends of the earth(AK) will see
the salvation(AL) of our God.

11 Depart,(AM) depart, go out from there!
Touch no unclean thing!(AN)
Come out from it and be pure,(AO)
you who carry the articles(AP) of the Lord’s house.
12 But you will not leave in haste(AQ)
or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you,(AR)
the God of Israel will be your rear guard.(AS)

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

13 See, my servant(AT) will act wisely[b];
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.(AU)
14 Just as there were many who were appalled(AV) at him[c]—
his appearance was so disfigured(AW) beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness(AX)—
15 so he will sprinkle(AY) many nations,[d]
and kings(AZ) will shut their mouths(BA) because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.(BB)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 52:5 Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate; Masoretic Text wail
  2. Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper
  3. Isaiah 52:14 Hebrew you
  4. Isaiah 52:15 Or so will many nations be amazed at him (see also Septuagint)

Cross references

  1. Isaiah 52:1 : S Isa 51:17
  2. Isaiah 52:1 : S 1Sa 2:4; S Isa 51:9
  3. Isaiah 52:1 : Ex 28:2, 40; Est 6:8; Ps 110:3; Isa 49:18; 61:10; Zec 3:4
  4. Isaiah 52:1 : S Ne 11:1; S Isa 1:26; Mt 4:5; S Rev 21:2
  5. Isaiah 52:1 : S Ge 34:14
  6. Isaiah 52:1 : S Isa 35:8
  7. Isaiah 52:1 : Joel 3:17; Na 1:15; Zec 9:8; Rev 21:27
  8. Isaiah 52:2 : S Isa 29:4
  9. Isaiah 52:2 : Isa 60:1
  10. Isaiah 52:2 : S Ps 81:6; S Isa 10:27
  11. Isaiah 52:2 : Ps 9:14
  12. Isaiah 52:3 : S Ps 44:12
  13. Isaiah 52:3 : Isa 45:13
  14. Isaiah 52:3 : S Isa 1:27; 1Pe 1:18
  15. Isaiah 52:4 : S Ge 46:6
  16. Isaiah 52:4 : Isa 10:24
  17. Isaiah 52:5 : S Isa 37:23; Ro 2:24*
  18. Isaiah 52:6 : S Isa 49:23
  19. Isaiah 52:6 : S Ex 6:3
  20. Isaiah 52:6 : S Isa 10:20
  21. Isaiah 52:6 : S Isa 41:26
  22. Isaiah 52:7 : S Isa 42:11
  23. Isaiah 52:7 : S 2Sa 18:26; S Isa 40:9; Ro 10:15*
  24. Isaiah 52:7 : Na 1:15; Lk 2:14; Eph 6:15
  25. Isaiah 52:7 : S 1Ch 16:31; S Ps 97:1; 1Co 15:24-25
  26. Isaiah 52:8 : S 1Sa 14:16; Isa 56:10; 62:6; Jer 6:17; 31:6; Eze 3:17; 33:7
  27. Isaiah 52:8 : Isa 40:9
  28. Isaiah 52:8 : S Isa 12:6
  29. Isaiah 52:8 : S Nu 10:36
  30. Isaiah 52:8 : Isa 59:20; Zec 8:3
  31. Isaiah 52:9 : S Ps 98:4; S Isa 35:2
  32. Isaiah 52:9 : S Ps 74:3; S Isa 51:3
  33. Isaiah 52:9 : S Isa 40:1; Lk 2:25
  34. Isaiah 52:9 : S Ezr 9:9; S Isa 48:20
  35. Isaiah 52:10 : S 2Ch 32:8; S Ps 44:3; S Isa 30:30
  36. Isaiah 52:10 : Isa 66:18
  37. Isaiah 52:10 : S Jos 4:24; S Isa 11:9
  38. Isaiah 52:10 : S Ps 67:2; Lk 2:30; 3:6
  39. Isaiah 52:11 : S Isa 48:20
  40. Isaiah 52:11 : S Isa 1:16; 2Co 6:17*
  41. Isaiah 52:11 : S Nu 8:6; 2Ti 2:19
  42. Isaiah 52:11 : S 2Ch 36:10
  43. Isaiah 52:12 : S Ex 12:11
  44. Isaiah 52:12 : Mic 2:13; Jn 10:4
  45. Isaiah 52:12 : S Ex 14:19
  46. Isaiah 52:13 : S Jos 1:8; S Isa 4:2; S 20:3
  47. Isaiah 52:13 : S Isa 6:1; 57:15; Ac 3:13; S Php 2:9
  48. Isaiah 52:14 : S Lev 26:32; S Job 18:20
  49. Isaiah 52:14 : S 2Sa 10:4
  50. Isaiah 52:14 : S Job 2:12; S 16:16
  51. Isaiah 52:15 : S Lev 14:7; S 16:14-15
  52. Isaiah 52:15 : S Isa 49:7
  53. Isaiah 52:15 : S Jdg 18:19; Ps 107:42
  54. Isaiah 52:15 : Ro 15:21*; Eph 3:4-5

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