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There is little as beautiful as comely feet.

Awake! Awake! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city! For no more will the uncircumcised and unclean one enter into you.

Shake off the dust, rise and take a seat, O Jerusalem. Loosen the bonds on your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

For this is what Jehovah says: “You were sold for nothing, And without money you will be repurchased.”

For this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah says: “At first my people went down to Egypt to live there as foreigners; Then Assyria oppressed them without cause.”

“What, then, should I do here?” declares Jehovah. “For my people were taken for nothing. Those ruling over them keep howling in triumph,” declares Jehovah, “And constantly, all day long, my name is treated with disrespect.

For that reason my people will know my name; For that reason they will know in that day that I am the One speaking. Look, it is I!”

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of the one bringing good news, The one proclaiming peace, The one bringing good news of something better, The one proclaiming salvation, The one saying to Zion: “Your God has become King!”

Listen! Your watchmen raise their voice. In unison they shout joyfully, For they will see it clearly when Jehovah gathers back Zion.

Become cheerful, shout joyfully in unison, you ruins of Jerusalem, For Jehovah has comforted his people; he has repurchased Jerusalem.

Jehovah has bared his holy arm before the eyes of all the nations; All the ends of the earth will see the acts of salvation of our God.

Turn away, turn away, get out of there, touch nothing unclean! Get out from the midst of her, keep yourselves clean, You who are carrying the utensils of Jehovah.

For you will not depart in panic, Nor will you have to flee, For Jehovah will go ahead of you, And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

Look! My servant will act with insight. He will be raised up high, He will be elevated and greatly exalted.

Just as there were many who stared at him in amazement —For his appearance was disfigured more than that of any other man And his stately form more than that of mankind—

So he will startle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths before him, Because they will see what they had not been told And give consideration to what they had not heard.

Who has put faith in the thing heard from us? And as for the arm of Jehovah, to whom has it been revealed?

He will come up like a twig before him, like a root out of parched land. No stately form does he have, nor any splendor; And when we see him, his appearance does not draw us to him.

He was despised and was avoided by men, A man who was meant for pains and was familiar with sickness. It was as if his face were hidden from us. He was despised, and we held him as of no account.

Truly he himself carried our sicknesses, And he bore our pains. But we considered him as plagued, stricken by God and afflicted.

But he was pierced for our transgression; He was crushed for our errors. He bore the punishment for our peace, And because of his wounds we were healed.

Like sheep we have all wandered about, Each has turned his own way, And Jehovah has caused the error of us all to meet up with him.

He was oppressed and he let himself be afflicted, But he would not open his mouth. He was brought like a sheep to the slaughter, Like a ewe that is silent before its shearers, And he would not open his mouth.

Because of restraint and judgment he was taken away; And who will concern himself with the details of his generation? For he was cut off from the land of the living; Because of the transgression of my people he received the stroke.

And he was given a burial place with the wicked, And with the rich in his death, Although he had done no wrong And there was no deception in his mouth.

But it was Jehovah’s will to crush him, and he let him become sick. If you will present his life as a guilt offering, He will see his offspring, he will prolong his days, And through him the delight of Jehovah will have success.

Because of his anguish, he will see and be satisfied. By means of his knowledge the righteous one, my servant, Will bring a righteous standing to many people, And their errors he will bear.

For that reason I will assign him a portion among the many, And he will apportion the spoil with the mighty, Because he poured out his life even to death And was counted among the transgressors; He carried the sin of many people, And he interceded for the transgressors.