1 Wake up, wake up, clothe yourself with your strength, Zion; put on your splendid garments, Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will never again come into you.
2 Shake off the dust, get up and take your seat, Jerusalem; free yourself from the chains on your neck, captive daughter of Zion!
3 For this is what the LORD says: "You were sold for nothing, and you will be redeemed without silver."
4 For this is what the Lord GOD says: "Long ago my people went down to Egypt to live there as foreigners, and Assyria has oppressed them for no reason.
5 So now what do I have here?" declares the LORD. "My people have been taken away for nothing; their rulers howl," declares the LORD, "and all day long my name is constantly reviled.
6 Therefore my people will know my name; therefore on that day they will know that I am the one who speaks: here I am."
7 How lovely on the mountains are the feet of the messenger who brings good news, who announces peace, who brings good tidings, who announces salvation, who tells Zion, "Your God reigns!"
8 Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices; together they shout for joy, for with their own eyes they see the LORD returning to Zion.
9 Burst out together in shouts of joy, you ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The LORD has stripped bare his holy arm in full view of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth will see our God's salvation.
11 Leave, leave, go out from there; do not touch anything unclean! Get out from the midst of her; keep yourselves pure, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
12 For you will not go out in a rush, nor will you leave like fugitives; for the LORD will go ahead of you, and the God of Israel will guard you from behind.
13 Behold, my servant will act with insight; he will be raised high and lifted up and greatly exalted.
14 Just as many were horrified at you (so disfigured was his appearance, beyond that of any man, his form beyond that of the sons of men),
15 so he will sprinkle many nations; kings will close their mouths because of him. For they will see what they had never been told, and they will understand what they had never heard.