| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1Awake, awake! Put on your strength, O Zion; Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For the uncircumcised and the unclean Shall no longer come to you. | 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, arise; Sit down, O Jerusalem! Loose yourself from the bonds of 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 have sold yourselves 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 first Into Egypt to dwell there; Then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. | 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,” says the LORD, “That My people are taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them Make them wail,” says the LORD, “And My name is blasphemed continually every day. | 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 they shall know in that day That I am He who speaks: ‘Behold, it is I.’ ” | 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 proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims 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!" |
| 8Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, With their voices they shall sing together; For they shall see eye to eye When the LORD brings back 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 into joy, sing together, 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 made bare His holy arm In 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, Be clean, 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 with haste, Nor go by 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 deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. | 13"Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted-- |
| 14Just as many were astonished at you, So His visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of men; | 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 at Him; For what had not been told them they shall see, And what they had not heard they shall consider. | 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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