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 sprinkle52:15 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.