1. Wake up, wake up, O Zion!Clothe yourself with strength.Put on your beautiful clothes, O holy city of Jerusalem,for unclean and godless people will enter your gates no longer.
2. Rise from the dust, O Jerusalem.Sit in a place of honor.Remove the chains of slavery from your neck,O captive daughter of Zion.
3. For this is what the lord says:“When I sold you into exile,I received no payment.Now I can redeem youwithout having to pay for you.”
4. This is what the Sovereign lord says: “Long ago my people chose to live in Egypt. Now they are oppressed by Assyria.