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Isaiah 52

15 aligned verses; 15 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Awake, awake , clothe yourself with strength, O Zion ! Put on your garments of splendor , O Jerusalem, holy city ! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you .
Awake, awake ; put on thy strength, O Zion ; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
Shake off your dust ! Rise up and sit on your throne , O Jerusalem . Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
Shake thyself from the dust ; arise, and sit down , O Jerusalem : loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.
For thus saith the LORD , Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money .
For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause.
For thus saith the Lord GOD , My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.
And now what have I here ? declares the LORD . For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt , declares the LORD , and My name is blasphemed continually all day long .
Now therefore, what have I here , saith the LORD , that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl , saith the LORD ; and my name continually every day is blasphemed .
Therefore My people will know My name ; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!”
Therefore my people shall know my name : therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I .
How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news , who proclaim peace , who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation , who say to Zion, “Your God reigns !
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings , that publisheth peace ; that bringeth good tidings of good , that publisheth salvation ; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth !
Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem , for the LORD has comforted His people ; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem : for the LORD hath comforted his people , he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
The LORD hath 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.
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves , you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
Depart ye , depart ye , go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean , that bear the vessels of the LORD.
For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you , and the God of Israel is your rear guard .
For ye 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 rereward .
Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted .
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high .
Just as many were appalled at Him His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
so He will sprinkle many nations . Kings will shut their mouths because of Him . For they will see what they have not been told , and they will understand what they have not heard.
So shall he sprinkle many nations ; the kings shall shut their mouths at him : for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider .

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