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Isaiah 52

15 aligned verses; 15 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse KJV King James Version YLT Young's Literal Translation
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.
Awake, awake , put on thy strength, O Zion , Put on the garments of thy beauty , Jerusalem -- the Holy City ; For enter no more into thee again, Do the uncircumcised and unclean.
Shake thyself from the dust ; arise, and sit down , O Jerusalem : loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
Shake thyself from dust , arise, sit, O Jerusalem , Bands of thy neck have loosed themselves , O captive , daughter of Zion.
For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money .
For thus said Jehovah: `For nought ye have been sold , And not by money are ye redeemed. '
For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there ; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause .
For thus said the Lord Jehovah: `To Egypt My people went down at first to sojourn there , And Asshur -- for nought he hath oppressed it .
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 .
And now, what -- to Me here, An affirmation of Jehovah , That taken is My people for nought? Its rulers cause howling , -- an affirmation of Jehovah, And continually all the day My name is despised .
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 .
Therefore doth My people know My name , Therefore , in that day , Surely I ` am ' He who is speaking, behold Me . '
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!
How comely on the mountains , Have been the feet of one proclaiming tidings, Sounding peace , proclaiming good tidings, Sounding salvation , Saying to Zion, `Reigned hath thy God .'
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.
The voice of thy watchmen ! They have lifted up the voice , together they cry aloud, Because eye to eye they see , in Jehovah's turning back `to' Zion.
Break forth into joy , sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem : for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Break forth, sing together, O wastes of Jerusalem , For Jehovah hath comforted His people, He hath redeemed Jerusalem.
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.
Jehovah hath made bare His holy arm Before the eyes of all the nations , And seen have all the ends of the earth , The salvation of our God.
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 .
Turn aside , turn aside , go out thence, The unclean touch not, go out from her midst, Be ye pure , who are bearing the weapons of Jehovah .
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.
For not in haste do ye go out, Yea, with flight ye go not on, For going before you `is' Jehovah, And gathering you `is' the God of Israel !
Behold , my servant shall deal prudently , he shall be exalted and extolled , and be very high.
Lo , My servant doth act wisely , He is high, and hath been lifted up , And hath been very high.
As many were astonied at thee ; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men :
As astonished at thee have been many, ( So marred by man his appearance , And his form by sons of men .)
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.
So doth he sprinkle many nations . Concerning him kings shut their mouth, For that which was not recounted to them they have seen, And that which they had not heard they have understood!

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