1 A wake, awake, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.

2 S hake yourself from the dust; arise, sit, O Jerusalem; loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.

Shake thyself from the dust; arise, sit down, Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, captive daughter of Zion.

3 F or thus says the Lord: You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money.

For thus saith Jehovah: Ye have sold yourselves for nought, and ye shall be redeemed without money.

4 F or thus says the Lord God: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing.

For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there, and Assyria oppressed them without cause;

5 B ut now what have I here, says the Lord, seeing that My people have been taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them howl, says the Lord, and My name continually is blasphemed all day long.

and now, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people hath been taken away for nought? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith Jehovah; and continually all the day is my name scorned.

6 T herefore My people shall know what My name is and what it means; therefore they shall know in that day that I am He who speaks; behold, I Am!

Therefore my people shall know my name; therefore in that day that I HE, that saith, Here am I.

7 H ow beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns!

How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that announceth glad tidings, that publisheth peace; that announceth glad tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

8 H ark, your watchmen lift up their voices; together they sing for joy; for they shall see eye to eye the return of the Lord to Zion.

—The voice of thy watchmen, they lift up the voice, they sing aloud together; for they shall see eye to eye, when Jehovah shall bring again Zion.

9 B reak forth joyously, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem!

Break forth, sing aloud together, waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah comforteth his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

10 T he Lord has made bare His holy arm before the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall witness the salvation of our God.

Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

11 D epart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Go out of the midst of her; cleanse yourselves and be clean, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.

—Depart, depart, go out from thence, touch not what is unclean; go out of the midst of her, be ye clean, that bear the vessels of Jehovah.

12 F or you will not go out with haste, nor will you go in flight; for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight; for Jehovah will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear-guard.

13 B ehold, My Servant shall deal wisely and shall prosper; He shall be exalted and extolled and shall stand very high.

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently; he shall be exalted and be lifted up, and be very high.

14 H is face and His whole appearance were marred more than any man’s, and His form beyond that of the sons of men—but just as many were astonished at Him,

As many were astonished at thee—his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the children of men

15 S o shall He startle and sprinkle many nations, and kings shall shut their mouths because of Him; for that which has not been told them shall they see, and that which they have not heard shall they consider and understand.

—so shall he astonish many nations; kings shall shut their mouths at him: for what had not been told them shall they see, and what they had not heard shall they consider.