52Isaiah 52

CHAP. LII. / 1 Christ perswadeth the Church to beleeue his free Redemption, 7 To receiue the Ministers thereof, 9 To ioy in the power thereof, 11 And to free themselues from bondage. 13 Christs kingdo

1Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, put on thy beautifull garments, O Ierusalem the holy citie: for hencefoorth there shall no more come into thee the vncircumcised, and the vncleane.Select Isaiah 52:1

2Shake thy selfe from the dust: arise, and sit downe, O Ierusalem: loose thy selfe from the bandes of thy necke, O captiue daughter of Zion.Select Isaiah 52:2

3For thus sayth the Lord, Yee haue solde your selues for nought: and ye shall be redeemed without money.Select Isaiah 52:3

4For thus saith the Lord God, My people went downe aforetime into Egypt to soiourne there, and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.Select Isaiah 52:4

5Now therefore, what haue I here, sayth the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule ouer them, make them to howle, sayth the Lord, and my Name continually euery day is blasphemed.Select Isaiah 52:5

6Therefore my people shall know my Name: therefore they shall know in that day, that I am he that doth speake. Behold, it is I.Select Isaiah 52:6

7How beautifull vpon the mountaines are the feete of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth saluation, that sayth vnto Zion, Thy God reigneth?Select Isaiah 52:7

8Thy watchmen shall lift vp the voice, with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye when the Lord shall bring againe Zion.Select Isaiah 52:8

9Breake foorth into ioy, sing together, yee waste places of Ierusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Ierusalem.Select Isaiah 52:9

10The Lord hath made bare his holy arme in the eyes of all the nations, and all the endes of the earth shall see the saluation of our God.Select Isaiah 52:10

11Depart ye, depart ye, goe ye out from thence, touch no vncleane thing; goe ye out of the middest of her; be yee cleane, that beare the vessels of the Lord.Select Isaiah 52:11

12For ye shall not go out with haste, nor goe by flight: for the Lord will goe before you: and the God of Israel will be your rereward.Select Isaiah 52:12

13Behold, my seruant shal deale prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.Select Isaiah 52:13

14As many were astonied at thee (his visage was so marred more then any man, and his forme more then the sonnes of men:)Select Isaiah 52:14

15So shall hee sprinckle many nations, the kings shall shut their mouthes at him: for that which had not beene told them, shall they see, and that which they had not heard, shall they consider.Select Isaiah 52:15