| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard 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; put on your strength, Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the Holy City! For the uncircumcised and the unclean will no longer enter you. |
| 2Shake yourself from the dust and arise; be seated, O Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. | 2Stand up, shake the dust off yourself! Take your seat, Jerusalem. Remove the bonds from your neck, 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 be redeemed without silver." |
| 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 Lord GOD says:" At first My people went down to Egypt to live there, then Assyria oppressed them without cause. |
| 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. | 5So now what have I here"-- this is the LORD's declaration--" that My people are taken away for nothing? Its rulers wail"-- this is the LORD's declaration--" and My name is continually blasphemed 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.” | 6Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He 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 beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the herald, who proclaims peace, who brings news of good things, who proclaims salvation, 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. | 8The voices of your watchmen-- they lift up their voices, shouting for joy together; for every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion. |
| 9Break forth together into singing, you waste places of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted his people; he has redeemed Jerusalem. | 9Be joyful, rejoice together, you ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed 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 has displayed His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God. |
| 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, go out from there! Do not touch anything unclean; go out from her, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD. |
| 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. | 12For you will not leave in a hurry, and you will not have to take flight; because the LORD is going before you, and 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. | 13See, My Servant will act wisely; He will be raised and lifted up 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— | 14Just as many were appalled at You-- His appearance was so disfigured that He did not look like a man, and His form did not resemble a human being-- |
| 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. | 15so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him, For they will see what had not been told them, and they will understand what they had not heard. |
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