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Masoretic Text wail">a</a></sup></span> ”</p><p class="attribution">declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“And all day long</p><p class="line2">my name is constantly blasphemed.</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/52-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore my people will know my name;</p><p class="line2">therefore in that day they will know</p><p class="line1">that it is I who foretold it.</p><p class="line2">Yes, it is I.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/52-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>How beautiful on the mountains</p><p class="line2">are the feet of those who bring good news,</p><p class="line1">who proclaim peace,</p><p class="line2">who bring good tidings,</p><p class="line2">who proclaim salvation,</p><p class="line1">who say to Zion,</p><p class="line2">“Your God reigns!”</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/52-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;</p><p class="line2">together they shout for joy.</p><p class="line1">When the <span class="name">Lord</span> returns to Zion,</p><p class="line2">they will see it with their own eyes.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/52-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Burst into songs of joy together,</p><p class="line2">you ruins of Jerusalem,</p><p class="line1">for the <span class="name">Lord</span> has comforted his people,</p><p class="line2">he has redeemed Jerusalem.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/52-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> will lay bare his holy arm</p><p class="line2">in the sight of all the nations,</p><p class="line1">and all the ends of the earth will see</p><p class="line2">the salvation of our God.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/52-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Depart, depart, go out from there!</p><p class="line2">Touch no unclean thing!</p><p class="line1">Come out from it and be pure,</p><p class="line2">you who carry the articles of the <span class="name">Lord</span>’s house.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/52-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But you will not leave in haste</p><p class="line2">or go in flight;</p><p class="line1">for the <span class="name">Lord</span> will go before you,</p><p class="line2">the God of Israel will be your rear guard.</p></div> <p class="sectionhead">The Suffering and Glory of the Servant</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/52-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>See, my servant will act wisely <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or will prosper">b</a></sup></span> ;</p><p class="line2">he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/52-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Just as there were many who were appalled at him <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew you">c</a></sup></span> —</p><p class="line2">his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being</p><p class="line2">and his form marred beyond human likeness—</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/52-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>so he will sprinkle many nations, <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or so will many nations be amazed at him (see also Septuagint)">d</a></sup></span> </p><p class="line2">and kings will shut their mouths because of him.</p><p class="line1">For what they were not told, they will see,</p><p class="line2">and what they have not heard, they will understand.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotebot">Dead Sea Scrolls and Vulgate; Masoretic Text <i>wail</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>will prosper</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotebot">Hebrew <i>you</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>so will many nations be amazed at him</i> (see also Septuagint)</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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