YESHAYAH 52

1 Awake, awake;

clothe thyself with thy strength, O Tziyon;

put on thy garments of splendor,

O Yerushalayim, Ir HaKodesh;

for henceforth there shall no more come into thee

the arel (uncircumcised) and the tameh (unclean).

2 Shake thyself from the dust;

arise, O captive Yerushalayim;

free thyself from the chains around thy neck,

O captive Bat Tziyon.

3 For thus saith Hashem, Ye have sold yourselves for nothing; and your geulah (redemption) shall be without kesef. 4 For thus saith Adonoi Hashem: My people went down at first into Mitzrayim to sojourn there; and lately the Assyrian oppressed them. 5 Now therefore, what have I here, saith Hashem, that My people is taken away for nothing? They that rule over them mock them, saith Hashem; and all day long Shemi (My Name) is continually blasphemed. 6 Therefore My people shall know Shemi; therefore they shall know in Yom Hahu that I am He that doth speak; hineni, (behold, it is I).

7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the Mevaser (bringer of Good Tidings, the Evangelist),

that publisheth shalom; that bringeth good tidings of tov,

that publisheth Yeshu’ah (Salvation);

that saith unto Tziyon: Thy G-d reigneth!

8 Thy tzofim (watchmen) shall lift up the kol (voice);

with the kol together shall they shout for joy;

for they shall see it with their own eyes,

when Hashem returns to Tziyon.

9 Break forth into joy, sing together,

ye ruins of Yerushalayim;

for Hashem hath comforted His people,

He hath redeemed Yerushalayim.

10 Hashem hath made bare His zero’a kedoshah*52:10 See Isa 53:1

in the eyes of Kol HaGoyim;

and all the ends of ha’aretz

shall see the Yeshu’at Eloheinu.

11 Depart ye, depart ye; come ye out from there;

touch not tameh (unclean thing);

come ye out of the midst of her;

be ye clean, that carry the k’lei Hashem.

12 For ye shall not go out with haste,

nor go by flight;

for Hashem will go before you;

and Elohei Yisroel will be your rearguard.*52:12 Avdi Tzemach Moshiach Zech 3:8 will be exalted; but He must do the work of a kohen Ps 110:4 regarding the nations, sprinkling them (see Lv 4:16-17; 16:14); so yazzeh ("He [Moshiach] will sprinkle" many goyim; note: hiphil of naza, "splatter," meaning "sprinkle"); see Zech 9:9-11 where Moshiach comes with the dahm and the Brit (Covenant)! Here in Isa 52:15, the covenant dahm (blood) is sprinkled upon the nations of the world; the King of Kings shall shut the mouths of the kings of all the earth.

13 Hinei, Avdi*52:13 Moshiach, see Zech 3:8 shall act wisely,

he shall be raised and be lifted up, and be highly exalted.

14 As rabbim (many) were appalled at thee;*52:14 Moshiach

his appearance was so disfigured more than any man,

and his form more than the bnei adam;

15 So yazzeh Goyim rabbim (he [Moshiach] will sprinkle many nations);

the melachim (kings) shall shut their mouths because of him;

for that which had not been told them

shall they see;

and of that which they had not heard

shall they have binah (understanding).