2. Shake off the dirt!Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck,O captive daughter Zion!
3. For this is what the Lord says:“You were sold for nothing,and you will not be redeemed for money.”
4. For 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.
5. And now, what do we have here?” says the Lord.“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.
6. For 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.’”
7. How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountainsthe feet of a messenger who announces peace,a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance,who says to Zion, “Your God reigns!”
8. Listen, your watchmen shout;in unison they shout for joy,for they see with their very own eyesthe Lord’s return to Zion.
9. In unison give a joyful shout,O ruins of Jerusalem!For the Lord consoles his people;he protects Jerusalem.