1. Awake, awake!Put on your strength, Zion;Put on your glorious garments,Jerusalem, holy city.Never again shall the uncircumcisedor the unclean enter you.
2. Arise, shake off the dust,sit enthroned, Jerusalem;Loose the bonds from your neck,captive daughter Zion!
3. For thus says the Lord:For nothing you were sold,without money you shall be redeemed.
4. For thus says the Lord God:To Egypt long ago my people went down,to sojourn there;Assyria, too, oppressed them for nought.
5. But now, what am I to do here?—oracle of the Lord.My people have been taken away for nothing;their rulers mock, oracle of the Lord;constantly, every day, my name is reviled.
6. Therefore my people shall know my nameon that day, that it is I who speaks: Here I am!
7. How beautiful upon the mountainsare the feet of the one bringing good news,Announcing peace, bearing good news,announcing salvation, saying to Zion,“Your God is King!”
8. Listen! Your sentinels raise a cry,together they shout for joy,For they see directly, before their eyes,the Lord’s return to Zion.