| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1Awake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. | 1Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you. |
| 2Shake yourself from the dust and arise; be seated, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. | 2Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion! |
| 3For thus says the LORD: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.” | 3For this is what the LORD says: "You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money." |
| 4For thus says the Lord GOD: “My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing. | 4For this is what the sovereign LORD says: "In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason. |
| 5Now therefore what have I here,” declares the LORD, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the LORD, “and continually all the day my name is despised. | 5And now, what do we have here?" says the LORD. "Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt," says the LORD, "and my name is constantly slandered all day long. |
| 6Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here I am.” | 6For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says, 'Here I am.'" |
| 7How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, “Your God reigns.” | 7How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" |
| 8The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice; together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the LORD to Zion. | 8Listen, your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes the LORD's return to Zion. |
| 9Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem. | 9In unison give a joyful shout, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD consoles his people; he protects Jerusalem. |
| 10The LORD has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. | 10The LORD reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver. |
| 11Depart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the LORD. | 11Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don't touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the LORD's holy items! |
| 12For you shall not go out in haste, and you shall not go in flight, for the LORD will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. | 12Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the LORD goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard. |
| 13Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. | 13"Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted-- |
| 14As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind— | 14(just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man; |
| 15so shall he sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths because of him, for that which has not been told them they see, and that which they have not heard they understand. | 15his form was so marred he no longer looked human--so now he will startle many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about. |
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