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Cheer for Prostrate Zion

^aAwake, awake,Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;Clothe yourself in your ^bbeautiful garments,O Jerusalem, the ^choly city;For the uncircumcised and the ^duncleanWill no longer come into you.2 Shake yourself ^afrom the dust, ^brise up,O captive Jerusalem;^cLoose yourself from the chains around your neck,O captive daughter of Zion.

3 For thus says the LORD, “You were ^asold for nothing and you will be ^bredeemed ^cwithout money.” 4 For thus says the Lord ¹GOD, “My people ^awent down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. 5 Now therefore, what do I have here,” declares the LORD, “seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?” Again the LORD declares, “Those who rule over them howl, and My ^aname is continually blasphemed all day long. 6 Therefore My people shall ^aknow My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, ‘Here I am.’”

7 How lovely on the mountainsAre the feet of him who brings ^agood news,Who announces ¹peaceAnd brings good news of ²happiness,Who announces salvation,And says to Zion, “Your ^bGod ³reigns!”8 Listen! Your watchmen lift up their ^avoices,They shout joyfully together;For they will see ¹with their own eyesWhen the LORD restores Zion.9 ^aBreak forth, shout joyfully together,You ^bwaste places of Jerusalem;For the LORD has comforted His people,He has ^credeemed Jerusalem.10 The LORD has bared His holy ^aarmIn the sight of all the nations,¹That ^ball the ends of the earth may seeThe salvation of our God.

11 ^aDepart, depart, go out from there,^bTouch nothing unclean;Go out of the midst of her, ^cpurify yourselves,You who carry the vessels of the LORD.12 But you will not go out in ^ahaste,Nor will you go ¹as fugitives;For the ^bLORD will go before you,And ^cthe God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

13 Behold, My ^aservant will prosper,He will be high and lifted up and ¹greatly ^bexalted.14 Just as many were astonished at you, My people,So His ^aappearance was marred more than any manAnd His form more than the sons of men.15 Thus He will ^asprinkle many nations,Kings will ^bshut their mouths on account of Him;For ^cwhat had not been told them they will see,And what they had not heard they will understand.