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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

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’s

Isaiah 52:13¹³Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted —Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

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’s

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’s