1 GLT Awake, awake, put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, holy city; for no more will the uncircumcised or the unclean enter you again. BSB BSB: Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.
2 GLT Shake yourself from the dust; arise, sit, Jerusalem; Loose the chains{ on} your neck, captive daughter of Zion. BSB BSB: Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
3 GLT For thus says Yahweh,“You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without money.” BSB BSB: For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”
4 GLT For thus says the Lord Yahweh,“In the beginning my people went down{ to} Egypt to live there, and Assyria has oppressed him for no{ cause}. BSB BSB: For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
5 GLT “And now, what{ do} I have here”— the declaration of Yahweh—“for my people are taken for nothing? His rulers mock him”— the declaration of Yahweh— and my name{ is} blasphemed continually all day. BSB BSB: And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.
6 GLT Therefore, my people will know my name, therefore, on that day for I{ am} he, the one who speaks,‘Here{ am} I!’” BSB BSB: Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!”
7 GLT How beautiful on the mountains the feet of the bearer of good news, announcing peace, heralding good things, announcing salvation, saying to Zion,“Your God reigns!” BSB BSB: How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
8 GLT Listen, your watchmen raise{ their} voices, together they shout for joy, for eye after eye will see the return of Yahweh{ to} Zion. BSB BSB: Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.
9 GLT Break out{ into} joyful singing together, ruins of Jerusalem, for Yahweh has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 GLT Yahweh has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. BSB BSB: The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
11 GLT Turn aside, turn aside, go out from there! Do not touch the unclean! Go out from her midst; keep clean, bearers of the vessels of Yahweh. BSB BSB: Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
12 GLT For you will not go out in a rush, and in flight you will not go, for Yahweh will go before your faces, and your rearguard{ will be} the God of Israel. BSB BSB: For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.
14 GLT As many were horrified at you— so disfigured beyond{ any} man{ was} his appearance, and his form beyond{ any} sons of man, BSB BSB: Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
15 GLT so, he will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they had not been told, they will see, and what they had not heard, they will understand. BSB BSB: so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
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