3 For the LORD says this, “You were asold for nothing and you will be bredeemed, but cnot with money.”Ps 44:12; Jer 15:13Is 1:27; 62:12; 63:4Is 45:13 4 For the Lord GOD says this, “My people awent down at the first into Egypt to live there; and many years later Sennacherib the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.Gen 46:6 5 But now, what do I have here,” declares the LORD, “seeing that My people have been taken away without reason? Those who rule over them howl with taunting and mockery of salvation,” declares the LORD, “and My aname is continually blasphemed all day long. Rom 2:24Ezek 36:20, 23; Rom 2:24 6 Therefore My people shall aknow My Name and what it means. Therefore in that day I am the One who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’” Ex 3:13, 14Is 49:23
Cheer for Downtrodden Zion
aAwake, awake,Put on your strength, O Zion;Put on your bbeautiful garments,O Jerusalem, the choly city;For the uncircumcised and the duncleanWill no longer come into you. Rev 21:27Is 51:9, 17Ex 28:2, 40; 1 Chr 16:29; Ps 110:3; Is 49:18; 61:3, 10; Zech 3:4Neh 11:1; Is 48:2; 64:10; Zech 14:20, 21; Matt 4:5; Rev 21:2-27Is 35:82 Shake yourself afrom the dust, barise,O captive Jerusalem;cRid yourself of the chains around your neck,O captive Daughter of Zion.Is 29:4Is 60:1Is 9:4; 10:27; 14:25; Zech 2:7
7 How beautiful and delightful on the mountainsAre the feet of him who brings agood news,Who announces peace,Who brings good news of good things,Who announces salvation,Who says to Zion, “Your bGod reigns!” Acts 10:36; Rom 10:15; Eph 6:14-16Is 40:9; 61:1; Nah 1:15; Rom 10:15; Eph 6:15Ps 93:1; Is 24:238 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their avoices,Together they shout for joy;For they will see face to faceThe return of the LORD to Zion.Is 62:69 aBreak forth, shout joyfully together,You bruins of Jerusalem;For the LORD has comforted His people,He has credeemed Jerusalem.Ps 98:4; Is 44:23Is 44:26; 51:3; 61:4Is 43:1; 48:2010 The LORD has bared His holy aarm Before the eyes of all the nations revealing Himself as the One by Whom Israel is redeemed from captivity,That ball the ends of the earth may seeThe salvation of our God. Luke 2:29-32; 3:6Ps 98:1-3; Is 51:9; 66:18, 19Is 45:22; 48:20
11 aDepart, depart, go out from there ,bTouch no unclean thing;Go out of the midst of her , cpurify yourselves,You who carry the articles of the LORD on your journey from there. 2+@Cor 6:16, 17Is 48:20; Jer 50:8; Zech 2:6, 7; 2 Cor 6:17Num 19:11, 16Lev 22:2; Is 1:1612 For you will not go out in a ahurry as when you left Egypt,Nor will you go in flight fleeing, as you did from the Egyptians;For the bLORD will go before you,And cthe God of Israel will be your rear guard.Ex 12:11, 33; Deut 16:3Is 26:7; 42:16; 49:10, 11Ex 14:19, 20; Is 58:8
The Exalted Servant
13 Indeed, My aServant will act wisely and prosper;He will be raised and lifted up and greatly bexalted.Is 42:1; 49:1-7; 53:11Is 57:15; Phil 2:914 Just as many were astonished and appalled at you, My people,So His aappearance was marred more than any manAnd His form marred more than the sons of men.Is 53:2, 315 So He will asprinkle many nations with His blood, providing salvation,Kings will bshut their mouths because of Him;For cwhat they had not been told they will see,And what they had not heard they will understand. Rom 15:21Num 19:18-21; Ezek 36:25Job 21:5Rom 15:21; Eph 3:5