Isaiah 52

The Lord’s Coming Salvation

1 *ch. 51:17Awake, awake,

put on your strength, O Zion;

*[Ex. 28:2,40]; See Zech. 3:1-4put on your beautiful garments,

O Jerusalem, *ch. 48:2;Neh. 11:1the holy city;

*ch. 60:21;Joel 3:17;[ch. 35:8;Rev. 21:27]for there shall no more come into you

the uncircumcised and the unclean.

2 *[ch. 51:23] Shake yourself from the dust and arise;

be seated, O Jerusalem;

*ch. 51:14loose the bonds from your neck,

O captive daughter of Zion.

3 For thus says the Lord: *ch. 45:13;50:1"You were sold for nothing, and *[1 Pet. 1:18]you shall be redeemed without money." 4 For thus says the Lord God: *Gen. 46:6"My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.*52:4 Or the Assyrian has oppressed them of late5 Now therefore what have I here," declares the Lord, "seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail," declares the Lord, "and *Cited Rom. 2:24;[Ezek. 36:20,23]continually all the day my name is despised. 6 Therefore my people shall know my name. *[ch. 49:26]Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here I am."

7 *Nah. 1:15;Cited Rom. 10:15How beautiful upon the mountains

are the feet of him who brings good news,

who publishes peace, *ch. 40:9who brings good news of happiness,

who publishes salvation,

who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."

8 The voice of *See ch. 62:6your watchmen—they lift up their voice;

together they sing for joy;

*[ch. 33:17,22;1 Cor. 13:12;1 John 3:2;Rev. 22:4]for eye to eye they see

the return of the Lord to Zion.

9 *Ps. 98:4Break forth together into singing,

*ch. 58:12you waste places of Jerusalem,

for *ch. 40:1;51:3,12the Lord has comforted his people;

he has redeemed Jerusalem.

10 *See ch. 51:9The Lord has bared his holy arm

before the eyes of all the nations,

*Ps. 98:3;[Luke 3:6]and all the ends of the earth shall see

the salvation of our God.

11 *ch. 48:20;Jer. 50:8;51:6,45;Zech. 2:6,7;Cited 2 Cor. 6:17;[Rev. 18:4] Depart, depart, go out from there;

touch no unclean thing;

go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves,

*See Ezra 1:7-11you who bear the vessels of the Lord.

12 For you shall not *[Ex. 12:11,33,39] go out in haste,

and you shall not go in flight,

*Mic. 2:13;[Ex. 14:19] for the Lord will go before you,

*[ch. 58:8]and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions

13 Behold, *See ch. 42:1my servant shall act wisely;*52:13 Or shall prosper

he shall be high and lifted up,

and shall be exalted.

14 As many were astonished at you—

*[ch. 53:2,3]his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,

and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—

15 so *Lev. 4:6,17shall he sprinkle*52:15 Or startle many nations.

*ch. 49:7,23Kings shall shut their mouths because of him,

*Cited Rom. 15:21;[Rom. 16:25]for that which has not been told them they see,

and that which they have not heard they understand.