| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you. | 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. |
| 2Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion. | 2Shake yourself from the dust and arise; be seated, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. |
| 3For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.” | 3For thus says the LORD: “You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.” |
| 4For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause. | 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. |
| 5And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long. | 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. |
| 6Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!” | 6Therefore my people shall know my name. Therefore in that day they shall know that it is I who speak; here I am.” |
| 7How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” | 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.” |
| 8Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion. | 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. |
| 9Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem. | 9Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem. |
| 10The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. | 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. |
| 11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. | 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. |
| 12For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard. | 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. |
| 13Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. | 13Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted. |
| 14Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness— | 14As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind— |
| 15so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard. | 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. |
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