Isaiah 52
God Will Deliver Zion
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Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O
Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: Rev.
21.2, 27 for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the
uncircumcised and the unclean.
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Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of
thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.
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For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall
be redeemed without money.
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For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to
sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without
cause.
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Now therefore, what have I here, saith
the LORD, that my people is taken away for
nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. Rom. 2.24
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Therefore my people shall know my name:
therefore they shall know in that day that I am he
that doth speak: behold, it is I.
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How beautiful upon the mountains are
the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; Nah.
1.15 · Rom.
10.15 · Eph.
6.15 that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth
salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
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Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice;
with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to
eye, when the LORD shall bring again
Zion.
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Break forth into joy, sing together, ye
waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath
comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
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The LORD hath made
bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends
of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
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Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from
thence, touch no unclean thing; 2 Cor. 6.17 go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the
vessels of the LORD.
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For ye shall not go out with haste, nor
go by flight: for the LORD will go before you;
and the God of Israel will be your rearward.
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The Suffering of the
LORD's Servant |
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Behold, my servant shall deal
prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very
high.
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As many were astonished at thee; his
visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the
sons of men:
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so shall he sprinkle many nations; the
kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not
been told them shall they see; and that which they had not
heard shall they consider. Rom. 15.21
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