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Cheer for Prostrate Zion

^1 (C1)Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, Zion;
Clothe yourself with your ^(C2)beautiful garments,
Jerusalem, the ^(C3)holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the ^(C4)unclean
Will no longer come into you.

² Shake yourself ^(C1)from the dust, ^(C2)rise up,
Captive Jerusalem;
^(C3)Release yourself from the chains around your neck,
Captive daughter of Zion.

³ For this is what the LORD says: "You were ^(C1)sold for nothing, and you will be ^(C2)redeemed ^(C3)without money."⁴ For this is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "My people ^(C1)went down to Egypt first to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without reason.⁵ "And now, what do I have here," declares the LORD, "seeing that My people have been taken away without reason?" Again the LORD declares, "Those who rule over them howl, and My ^(C1)name is continually reviled all day long.⁶ "Therefore, My people shall ^(C1)know My name; therefore on that day I am the one who is speaking, 'Here I am.'"

⁷ How delightful on the mountains
Are the feet of one who brings ^(C1)good news,
Who announces ^(F1)peace
And brings good news of ^(F2)happiness,
Who announces salvation,
And says to Zion, "Your ^(C2)God ^(F3)reigns!"

⁸ Listen! Your watchmen raise their ^(C1)voices,
They shout joyfully together;
For they will see ^(F1)with their own eyes
When the LORD restores Zion.

^9 (C1)Be cheerful, shout joyfully together,
You ^(C2)ruins of Jerusalem;
For the LORD has comforted His people,
He has ^(C3)redeemed Jerusalem.

¹⁰ The LORD has bared His holy ^(C1)arm
In the sight of all the nations,
^(F1)So that ^(C2)all the ends of the earth may see
The salvation of our God.

^11 (C1)Depart, depart, go out from there,
^(C2)Do not touch what is unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, ^(C3)purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the LORD.

¹² But you will not go out in ^(C1)a hurry,
Nor will you go ^(F1)as fugitives;
For the ^(C2)LORD will go before you,
And ^(C3)the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Exalted Servant

¹³ Behold, My ^(C1)Servant will prosper,
He will be high and lifted up and ^(F1)greatly ^(C2)exalted.

¹⁴ Just as many were appalled at you, My people,
So His ^(C1)appearance was marred beyond that of a man,
And His form beyond the sons of mankind.

¹⁵ So ^(F1)He will ^(C1)sprinkle many nations,
Kings will ^(C2)shut their mouths on account of Him;
For ^(C3)what they had not been told, they will see,
And what they had not heard, they will understand.