Isaiah 52 (NET)

Isaiah 52:1¹Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city. For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rev 21:27Isa 51:17Zech 3:4Rev 21:2Isa 51:9Isa 35:8Eph 6:10Isa 48:2Hag 2:4Matt 4:5

Isaiah 52:2²Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem. Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 51:14Isa 61:1Jer 51:45Jer 51:50Luke 4:18Rev 18:4Zech 2:6Isa 29:4Isa 3:26Luke 21:24

Isaiah 52:3³For this is what the Lord says: “You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:18Isa 45:13Ps 44:12Isa 50:1Jer 15:13Rom 7:14-25

Isaiah 52:4⁴For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 46:6Ps 69:4Acts 7:14-15Job 2:3Ps 25:3Isa 14:25Isa 36:1-22Jer 50:17John 15:25

Isaiah 52:5⁵And now, what do we have here?” says the Lord. “Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt,” says the Lord, “and my name is constantly slandered all day long.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 2:24Exod 1:13-16Exod 2:23-24Exod 3:7Ezek 20:14Ezek 20:9Ezek 36:20-23Isa 22:16Isa 37:28Isa 37:6

Isaiah 52:6⁶For this reason my people will know my name; for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says, ‘Here I am.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 37:13-14Ezek 20:44Heb 8:10-11Zech 10:9-12Exod 33:19Ezek 39:27-29Num 23:19Ps 48:10Exod 34:5-7Heb 6:14-18

Isaiah 52:7⁷How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 10:12-15Nah 1:15Isa 61:1-3Mark 16:15Eph 6:15Isa 40:9Ps 93:1Matt 28:18Isa 24:23Ps 68:11

Isaiah 52:8⁸Listen, your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes the Lord ’s return to Zion.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 62:6Ezek 33:7Jer 32:391 Cor 1:101 Cor 13:12Ezek 3:17Isa 30:26Isa 35:10Isa 40:9Isa 48:20

Isaiah 52:9⁹In unison give a joyful shout, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord consoles his people; he protects Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 51:3Ps 98:4Isa 48:20Isa 14:7Isa 42:10-11Isa 44:23Isa 44:26Isa 49:13Isa 55:12Isa 61:4

Isaiah 52:10¹⁰The Lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 3:6Rev 14:6Isa 51:9Ps 98:1-3Rev 15:4Acts 13:47Acts 2:5-11Isa 49:6Isa 66:18-19Rev 11:15-17

Isaiah 52:11¹¹Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the Lord ’s holy items.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:17Zech 2:6-7Eph 5:11Isa 48:20Isa 1:16Lev 10:3Ezra 1:7-11Hag 2:13-141 Pet 1:14-161 Pet 2:11

Isaiah 52:12¹²Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the Lord goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 20:4Isa 58:8Exod 14:19-20Exod 13:21-22Isa 45:2Exod 12:11Mic 2:131 Chr 14:15Num 10:25Judg 4:14

Isaiah 52:13¹³Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 2:7-11Matt 28:18Isa 42:1John 3:31Jer 23:5Rev 5:6-13Isa 9:6-7John 5:22-23Eph 1:20-23Heb 1:3

Isaiah 52:14¹⁴(just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man; his form was so marred he no longer looked human —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 50:6Matt 26:67Isa 53:2-5Ps 22:17Ps 22:6-7Matt 27:14Luke 22:64Matt 27:29-30Ps 22:15Luke 5:26

Isaiah 52:15¹⁵so now he will startle many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 15:20-21Isa 49:71 Pet 1:2Ezek 36:25Isa 55:5Ps 72:9-11Acts 2:33Eph 3:5-9Heb 10:22Heb 11:28