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on your beautiful garments,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Jerusalem, the holy city!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.1.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">For the uncircumcised and the unclean</p><p class="poem">will no longer enter you.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.1.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Stand up, shake the dust off yourself!</p><p class="poem">Take your seat, Jerusalem.</p><p class="poem">Remove the bonds<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.52.2.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> from your neck,</p><p class="poem">captive Daughter Zion.”</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For this is what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> says:</p><p class="poem">“You were sold for nothing,</p><p class="poem">and you will be redeemed without silver.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For this is what the Lord G<span class="smallcaps">od</span> says:</p><p class="poem">“At first my people went down to Egypt to reside there,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">then Assyria oppressed them without cause.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.52.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So now what have I here” —</p><p class="poem">this is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration —</p><p class="poem">“that my people are taken away for nothing?</p><p class="poem">Its rulers wail” —</p><p class="poem">this is the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s declaration —</p><p class="poem">“and my name is continually blasphemed all day long.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore my people will know my name;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">therefore they will know on that day</p><p class="poem">that I am he who says,</p><p class="poem">‘Here I am.’ ”</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>How beautiful on the mountains</p><p class="poem">are the feet of the herald,</p><p class="poem">who proclaims peace,</p><p class="poem">who brings news of good things,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">who proclaims salvation,</p><p class="poem">who says to Zion, “Your God reigns! ”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The voices of your watchmen<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">they lift up their voices,</p><p class="poem">shouting for joy together;</p><p class="poem">for every eye will see</p><p class="poem">when the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> returns to Zion.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Be joyful, rejoice together,</p><p class="poem">you ruins of Jerusalem!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">For the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has comforted his people;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.9.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">he has redeemed Jerusalem.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> has displayed his holy arm</p><p class="poem">in the sight of all the nations;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">all the ends of the earth will see</p><p class="poem">the salvation of our God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Leave, leave, go out from there!<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Do not touch anything unclean;</p><p class="poem">go out from her, purify yourselves,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">you who carry the vessels of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For you will not leave in a hurry,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and you will not have to take flight;</p><p class="poem">because the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is going before you,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.12.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the God of Israel is your rear guard.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.12.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><h3 class="head1">The Servant’s Suffering and Exaltation</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>See, my servant<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.52.13.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> will be successful;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.52.13.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.13.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Just as many were appalled at you<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.52.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">his appearance was so disfigured</p><p class="poem">that he did not look like a man,</p><p class="poem">and his form did not resemble a human being —</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Isaiah.52.15" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/52-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>so he will sprinkle many nations.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Isaiah.52.15.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">Kings will shut their mouths because of him,</p><p class="poem">for they will see what had not been told them,</p><p class="poem">and they will understand what they had not heard.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Isaiah.52.15.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Isaiah.52" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Isaiah.52.2.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.2">52:2</a></span> Alt Hb tradition reads <span class="italic">The bonds are removed</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.52.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.4">52:4</a></span> Or <span class="italic">them at last</span>, or <span class="italic">them for nothing</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.52.13.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.13">52:13</a></span> Tg adds <span class="italic">the Messiah</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.52.13.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.13">52:13</a></span> Or <span class="italic">will act wisely</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.52.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.14">52:14</a></span> Some Hb mss, Syr, Tg read <span class="italic">him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Isaiah.52.15.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.15">52:15</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">so many nations will marvel at him</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Isaiah.52" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.1">52:1</a></span> Is 61:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.1">52:1</a></span> Neh 11:1; Is 48:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.1">52:1</a></span> Is 35:8; Rv 21:27</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.3">52:3</a></span> Is 45:13; 1Pt 1:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.4">52:4</a></span> Gn 46:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.5">52:5</a></span> Ezk 36:20; Rm 2:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.6">52:6</a></span> Is 49:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.7">52:7</a></span> Nah 1:15; Rm 10:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.7">52:7</a></span> Ps 93:1; Is 24:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.8">52:8</a></span> Is 62:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.9">52:9</a></span> Is 44:26; 51:3; 61:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.9.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.9">52:9</a></span> Is 40:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.10">52:10</a></span> Ps 98:1–3; Is 51:9; 66:18–19</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.10">52:10</a></span> Is 40:5; Lk 3:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.11">52:11</a></span> Is 48:20; Jr 50:8; Ezk 20:34,41; Zch 2:6,7; 2Co 6:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.11">52:11</a></span> 2Co 6:17; 2Tm 2:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.12">52:12</a></span> Ex 12:11,33; Dt 16:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.12.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.12">52:12</a></span> Ex 23:23; Dt 1:30; 31:8; Is 45:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.12.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.12">52:12</a></span> Jos 6:9,13; Is 58:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.13">52:13</a></span> Is 42:1; 49:3–7; 50:10; 53:11; Ezk 34:23–24; Zch 3:8; Ac 3:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.13.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.13">52:13</a></span> Php 2:9–11</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.15">52:15</a></span> Nm 19:18–21; Ezk 36:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Isaiah.52.15.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Isaiah.52.15">52:15</a></span> Rm 15:21; Eph 3:5</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Isaiah.52" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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