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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Isaiah 52 New American Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/52.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/isaiah/52-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com/catholic">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NABRE</a> > Isaiah 52</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/51.htm" title="Isaiah 51">◄</a> Isaiah 52 <a href="../isaiah/53.htm" title="Isaiah 53">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch29052" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn29052" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">Let Zion Rejoice</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29052001" class="ver">1</span>Awake, awake!</p> <p class="sl1">Put on your strength, Zion;</p> <p class="sl">Put on your glorious garments,</p> <p class="sl1">Jerusalem, holy city.</p> <p class="sl">Never again shall the uncircumcised</p> <p class="sl1">or the unclean enter you.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29052002" class="ver">2</span>Arise, shake off the dust,</p> <p class="sl1">sit enthroned, Jerusalem;</p> <p class="sl">Loose the bonds from your neck,</p> <p class="sl1">captive daughter Zion!</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v29052003" class="ver">3</span>For thus says the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>:</p> <p class="sl">For nothing you were sold,</p> <p class="sl1">without money you shall be redeemed.</p> <p class="sl1f"><span id="v29052004" class="ver">4</span>For thus says the Lord <span class="tetr">God</span>:</p> <p class="sl">To Egypt long ago my people went down,</p> <p class="sl1">to sojourn there;</p> <p class="sl1">Assyria, too, oppressed them for nought.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29052005" class="ver">5</span>But now, what am I to do here?</p> <p class="sl1">—oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl">My people have been taken away for nothing;</p> <p class="sl1">their rulers mock, oracle of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>;</p> <p class="sl1">constantly, every day, my name is reviled.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29052006" class="ver">6</span>Therefore my people shall know my name</p> <p class="sl1">on that day, that it is I who speaks: Here I am!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29052007" class="ver">7</span>How beautiful upon the mountains<a id="rfn29052007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29052007-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">are the feet of the one bringing good news,</p> <p class="sl">Announcing peace, bearing good news,</p> <p class="sl1">announcing salvation, saying to Zion,</p> <p class="sl1">“Your God is King!”<a id="ren29052007-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29052007-a">a</a></p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29052008" class="ver">8</span>Listen! Your sentinels raise a cry,</p> <p class="sl1">together they shout for joy,</p> <p class="sl">For they see directly, before their eyes,</p> <p class="sl1">the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>’s return to Zion.<a id="ren29052008-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29052008-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29052009" class="ver">9</span>Break out together in song,</p> <p class="sl1">O ruins of Jerusalem!</p> <p class="sl">For the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has comforted his people,</p> <p class="sl1">has redeemed Jerusalem.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29052010" class="ver">10</span>The <span class="tetr">Lord</span> has bared his holy arm</p> <p class="sl1">in the sight of all the nations;</p> <p class="sl">All the ends of the earth can see</p> <p class="sl1">the salvation of our God.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v29052011" class="ver">11</span>Depart, depart, go out from there,</p> <p class="sl1">touch nothing unclean!</p> <p class="sl">Out from there!<a id="rfn29052011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29052011-1">*</a> Purify yourselves,</p> <p class="sl1">you who carry the vessels of the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29052012" class="ver">12</span>But not in hurried flight will you go out,</p> <p class="sl1">nor leave in headlong haste,</p> <p class="sl">For the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> goes before you,</p> <p class="sl1">and your rear guard is the God of Israel.<a id="ren29052012-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29052012-c">c</a></p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Suffering and Triumph of the Servant of the Lord<a id="rfn29052013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn29052013-1">*</a></h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v29052013" class="ver">13</span>See, my servant shall prosper,</p> <p class="sl1">he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29052014" class="ver">14</span>Even as many were amazed at him—</p> <p class="sl1">so marred were his features,</p> <p class="sl1">beyond that of mortals</p> <p class="sl1">his appearance, beyond that of human beings—<a id="ren29052014-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29052014-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v29052015" class="ver">15</span>So shall he startle many nations,</p> <p class="sl1">kings shall stand speechless;</p> <p class="sl">For those who have not been told shall see,</p> <p class="sl1">those who have not heard shall ponder it.<a id="ren29052015-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en29052015-e">e</a></p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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