e.
Jehovah's encouragement to Zion
52:1-6
Isa. 52
:1
52:1
aAwake! Awake! Put on
Your strength, O Zion;
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, O
bholy city;
For the uncircumcised and the
cunclean Will no longer come into you.
Isa. 52
:2
52:2
Shake yourself from the dust; arise,
Sit down, O Jerusalem;
Loose yourself from the bonds on your neck,
O captive daughter of Zion.
Isa. 52
:3
52:3
For thus says Jehovah, You are those who have been
asold for nothing, and you will be
bredeemed without money.
Isa. 52
:4
52:4
For thus says the Lord Jehovah, At first My people went down to
aEgypt to sojourn there; then the
bAssyrian oppressed them without cause.
Isa. 52
:5
52:5
Now then what do I have here, declares Jehovah, since My people have been taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them howl, declares Jehovah, and My name is continually
ablasphemed all day long.
Isa. 52
:6
52:6
Therefore My people will know My name; therefore in that day
they will know that I am He who speaks; here I am.
f.
Jehovah's good news for Zion and Jerusalem
52:7-10
Isa. 52
:7
52:7
aHow beautiful on the mountains
Are the
bfeet of him who brings good news,
Of him who announces peace, who brings news of good things,
Who announces salvation;
Of him who says to Zion,
1Your God reigns!
Isa. 52
:8
52:8
The voice of your watchmen! They lift up their voice;
They give a ringing shout together;
For they will see with their very own eyes
When Jehovah restores Zion.
Isa. 52
:9
52:9
Break forth, give a ringing shout together,
You wasted places of Jerusalem,
For Jehovah has comforted His people,
He has redeemed Jerusalem.
Isa. 52
:10
52:10
Jehovah has bared His holy
1arm In the sight of all the nations,
And all the ends of the earth will see
The
asalvation of our God.
g.
Jehovah's charge to Israel to depart from Babylon
52:11-12
Isa. 52
:11
52:11
aDepart! Depart! Go out from
1there!
Do not touch any unclean thing!
Go out from the midst of her! Cleanse yourselves,
You who bear the
2vessels of Jehovah!
Isa. 52
:12
52:12
For you will not go out in haste,
And you will not go in flight;
For Jehovah will
ago before you,
And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
7.
The prosperity of Christ as the Servant of Jehovah in relation to Israel's return from captivity and her restoration
52:13-15
Isa. 52
:13
52:13
Indeed, My
1aServant will act
2wisely and will prosper;
He will be
3bexalted and lifted up and very high.
Isa. 52
:14
52:14
Even as many were astonished at
1Him —
His
2visage was
amarred more than that of any man,
And His form more than that of the sons of men —
Isa. 52
:15
52:15
So will He
1surprise many nations;
Kings will
1shut their mouths because of Him;
aFor what had not been
2recounted to them they will see,
And what they had not
bheard of they will contemplate.
