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1Wake up! Wake up!
Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion!
Put on your beautiful clothes,
O Jerusalem, holy city!
For uncircumcised and unclean pagans
will no longer invade you.
2Shake off the dirt![#tn Heb “Shake yourself free from the dirt.”]
Get up, captive Jerusalem!
Take off the iron chains around your neck,
O captive daughter Zion!
3For this is what the Lord says:
“You were sold for nothing,
and you will not be redeemed for money.”
4For this is what the sovereign Lord says:
“In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt;
Assyria oppressed them for no good reason.
5And now, what do we have here?” says the Lord .[#tn Heb “and now what [following the marginal reading (Qere)] to me here?”]
“Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing,
those who rule over them taunt,” says the Lord ,
“and my name is constantly slandered all day long.
6For this reason my people will know my name,
for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says,
‘Here I am.’”
7How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains[#tn Heb “How delightful on the mountains.”]
the feet of a messenger who announces peace,
a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,
who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
8Listen, your watchmen shout;[#tn קוֹל (qol, “voice”) is used at the beginning of the verse as an interjection.]
in unison they shout for joy,
for they see with their very own eyes
the Lord ’s return to Zion.
9In unison give a joyful shout,
O ruins of Jerusalem!
For the Lord consoles his people;
he protects Jerusalem.
10The Lord reveals his royal power[#tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”; #tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.]
in the sight of all the nations;
the entire earth sees
our God deliver.
11Leave! Leave! Get out of there!
Don’t touch anything unclean!
Get out of it!
Stay pure, you who carry the Lord ’s holy items!
12Yet do not depart quickly
or leave in a panic.
For the Lord goes before you;
the God of Israel is your rear guard.
13“Look, my servant will succeed![#tn Heb “act wisely,” which by metonymy means “succeed.”]
He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted –
14(just as many were horrified by the sight of you)[#tn Some witnesses read “him,” which is more consistent with the context, where the servant is spoken about, not addressed. However, it is possible that the Lord briefly addresses the servant here. The present translation assumes the latter view and places the phrase in parentheses.]
he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man;
15his form was so marred he no longer looked human –[#tn Heb “and his form from the sons of men.” The preposition מִן (min) here carries the sense “away from,” i.e., “so as not to be.”]
so now he will startle many nations.
Kings will be shocked by his exaltation,
for they will witness something unannounced to them,
and they will understand something they had not heard about.