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Awake, awake,
put on your strength, O Zion!
Put on your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
for the uncircumcised and the unclean
shall enter you no more.
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Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,
O captive 1 Jerusalem;
loose the bonds from your neck,
O captive daughter Zion!
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For thus says the
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How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of the messenger who announces peace,
who brings good news,
who announces salvation,
who says to Zion, "Your God reigns."
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Listen! Your sentinels lift up their voices,
together they sing for joy;
for in plain sight they see
the return of the
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Break forth together into singing,
you ruins of Jerusalem;
for the
he has redeemed Jerusalem.
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The
before 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, depart, go out from there!
Touch no unclean thing;
go out from the midst of it, purify yourselves,
you who carry the vessels of the
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For you shall not go out in haste,
and you shall not go in flight;
for the
and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
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See, my servant shall prosper;
he shall be exalted and lifted up,
and shall be very high.
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Just as there were many who were astonished at him 2
--so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance,
and his form beyond that of mortals--
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so he shall startle 3 many nations;
kings shall shut their mouths because of him;
for that which had not been told them they shall see,
and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate.